On the anniversary of the Beatle’s death, Sean Smith celebrates the memory of a man who made a difference not just to music but to the world Read more HERE
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She has 11 Grammys, nine major-label albums, university courses studying her work and an unstoppable fandom… so how did Taylor Swift conquer the music industry? Ahead of her 10th record, ‘Midnights’, Zoya Raza-Sheikh explores how Swift’s songwriting is the secret to her success. “Haters gonna hate…” but Taylor Swift’s influence over pop is undeniable. From […]
When Dr John first emerged in the late Sixties, it was as if a voodoo priest had risen up from the Louisiana swamps and immediately landed a record deal. It was an image the New Orleans-born singer-songwriter played up to, dressing like a medicine man in an elaborate feather headdress and performing with skulls and […]
Saxophonist Henry Threadgill: ‘An artist needs to be uncompromising and willing to make sacrifices’ The veteran jazz great talks to Kevin Le Gendre about his new album and upcoming Barbican show, and why great art is imperfect, ‘there’s always something that’s a little bit off’ Read more HERE
Two men are trying to save Indian folk music, one haunting song at a time. Andrew Buncombe joins them as they haul their microphones to the farthest reaches of the Thar desert. A father and his sons sit in the desert, barely looking at one another as their hardened fingers press on the dark teak […]