Around the world with Paul Simon
The career of music’s most well-travelled songwriter, whose latest album is inspired by flamenco
The career of music’s most well-travelled songwriter, whose latest album is inspired by flamenco
The Manchester band’s new single is like much of their music: mediocre. Why then do they command such devotion?
Her new album “Lemonade” may draw on her relationship with Jay-Z, but it’s really about what it means to be a black woman in America today
At a recent night honouring the late jazz-poet Gil Scott-Heron, an eclectic group of musicians gave his verses a modern twist
What to listen to: from opera’s Janis Joplin to Malawian jailhouse rock
The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival is a hit with the John Peel generation
The new HBO series captures the excesses of the music industry in Seventies New York. But it’s a shame he’s played this tune before
At a music festival in Bamako, Malians found that one way to fight fundamentalism is through music