Category: Music

His own website described him as “The Lord of Excess”, and the Los Angeles Times dubbed him “the Richard Wagner of Rock and Roll”. Jim Steinman, who has died of … Read More

Les McKeown, the singer who led the Bay City Rollers in their most successful period, has died aged 65. His family announced that he “died suddenly at home”, and asked … Read More

For an artist whose public image has been set in stone for half a century – who’s clearly going to spend the rest of his life being asked about ladies … Read More

McCormack’s music shop I got my parents to buy me a bass, because I admired the Clash’s Paul Simonon and thought that would be the easiest instrument to learn. McCormack’s … Read More

“I’ve never heard a song with people screaming they want to cut their hands off,” muses the Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven. Recently, she decided to rectify this with Serotonin, a … Read More

As anyone who has tried to sing “happy birthday” at a Zoom party this past year can tell you, online audio does not work well with multiple users. This is … Read More

Lockdown restrictions in the UK are due to ease this summer, when many of us hope to be reunited with our favourite music acts. Blossoms are due to play to … Read More

On 11 April, midway between the Grammys and the Oscars, the US Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS) held its 11th annual awards ceremony, celebrating the people “who help the director … Read More

In 1988, no one in France took the hip-hop movement seriously. It was the rec-room era. JoeyStarr and Kool Shen were just two kids from Seine-Saint-Denis, the 93rd ward, a … Read More