Category Archives: Music

The nurse attending Bobby Womack wears an expression for which the phrase “long-suffering” was invented. “Can I give you your meds?” she asks, proffering a handful of tablets. “Potassium, magnesium, something for blood sugar,” she explains. Seated in his hospital … Continue reading →

Regina Spektor makes quirky, literate and stylistically varied pop – talking to her recently, she said: “There are lots of different places I like to go to explore. I’ve written a straight-up jazz standard type song, and I’ve written a country song, … Continue reading →

When the French folk-pop singerMina Tindle supported fellow Gallic artist Camille at the Barbican recently, you could tell the lesser known musician had fairly slayed the audience, when before her final song, someone shouted out for Tindle to introduce herself (it … Continue reading →

Neneh Cherry sits in her manager’s fashionable office, wearing a necklace made out of a mousetrap that swings around as she speaks. Behind her, pinned to a wall, there is a calendar featuring a topless woman. “That’s kept me going today,” … Continue reading →

La chanteuse Warda a été enterrée le 19 mai au cimetière d’El-Alia d’Alger, après une cérémonie réservée d’ordinaire aux responsables politiques. La diva repose dans le carré des Martyrs aux côtés des hommes les plus importants du pays. Dans la … Continue reading →

PJ Harvey and Ed Sheeran threw spikes under the Adele steamroller on Thursday when Let England Shake was named album of the year and The A Team was named song of the year at the Novello music awards. Harvey won from an all-female shortlist that … Continue reading →

Tombé amoureux du continent africain et de ses musiques avec lesquels il s’est familiarisé en accompagnant de nombreux artistes dont l’Ivoirien Tiken Jah Fakoly, le saxophoniste français JB Moundele donne sa vision personnelle du jazz mandingue sur son premier album Fanka … Continue reading →

Donna Summer, whose soaring voice and effervescent stage presence ignited the disco craze of the 1970s, kick-starting a glittering career that spanned four decades, has died. She was 63. The family of the singer, who was known as the “Queen … Continue reading →

Steve Van Zandt (Boston, 1950), mítico guitarrista de la E-Street Band de Bruce Springsteen, está de gira y aprovecha para promocionar el concurso Hard Rock Rising para bandas emergentes. Hace tiempo que se dedica a ayudar a jóvenes músicos y … Continue reading →

A rare photograph showing the Beatles walking the “wrong way” across the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing is expected to fetch up to £9,000 at auction. The version that found its way on to the 1969 Abbey Road album has the band walking … Continue reading →