John Grant
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From Fontaines DC to the Valkyrie, a techno Halloween to Little Simz, this is the unmissable music of the next few months
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The pop legend and the US indie star have long been friends and fans of each other’s music. With Grant staying chez Elton and about to release a new album, the pair sat down to discuss politics, homophobia – and why Elton should never write lyrics
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From drive-in concerts to livestreaming on Fortnite, the industry has had to adapt creatively to the current restrictions
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The musician, 50, on his anger problem, coming out, and why he’s glad he contracted HIV
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3 out of 5 stars.Grant is never less than erudite, but there’s an occasional touch of teen angst on his fourth solo album
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The rollercoaster-loving, Chris-Morris-worshipping songwriter is back with more mordantly funny and exquisitely painful songs about nationalism, Chelsea Manning and love
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Young talents and old hands hit the road, intriguing festivals mix things up, and there’s the first posthumous release from Prince
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4 out of 5 stars.Bolstered by brass, a duet with John Grant and an impressively harmonising audience, the band conjure a compelling mix of grit and warmth
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Songs of Scott Walker review – Jarvis Cocker and friends untwist easy listening's dark master
3 out of 5 stars.The Proms were treated to starry covers of Scott Walker’s 1960s classics, but they didn’t always invoke the songwriter’s own spirit of invention
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4 out of 5 stars.Grant’s festival of everything from humour to electronic noise fed into his own heartbreakingly powerful headline act to make an unforgettable four-dayer for the City of Culture
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The controversial US comic starts his UK tour, while the annual music marathon returns: your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture
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The post-rock band have just had a three-night celebration of their work in Los Angeles. Here, their peers explain why the band’s sound continues to resonate
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Olympians the Brownlee brothers, author Annie Proulx, actor Jane Horrocks and musician John Grant all feature in this showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in JuneGallery
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Alexis Petridis watched as Worthy Farm’s vast audiences were swept away by preposterous pomp, moments of magic and real emotional connection
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From Anna Meredith in the morning to New Order at night, our writers were out and about yesterday scouring Glastonbury for the best music
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PJ Harvey, DJ Koze and John Grant were among an array of performers who shrugged off the gloomy weather to shine in east London’s Victoria Park
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4 out of 5 stars.A lineup including Skepta, Deerhunter, James Blake and PJ Harvey prove more than able to banish wet weather blues with warm and powerful performances
John Grant: Boy from Michigan review – a bittersweet new direction
3 out of 5 stars.