Currently touring the UK, Echols harks back to the multiracial band whose Forever Changes was hailed as a masterpiece, but who faced chaos, false rumours, racism, drug addiction and more
After almost a decade of working alongside El-P, the rapper is releasing a solo single. He talks about the chaos and loss that inspired it, his friendship with Bernie Sanders and the ‘racist’ twisting of lyrics
For millions, Mandy Moore is best known for playing Rebecca in the TV hit This Is Us. But before that she was a teen queen of pop. As the series comes to an end, she explains why she’s going back to music
The Blackpool-born artist talks about why the music industry doesn’t get her, how she’s reclaiming her sexuality, and why she’s written a lush concept album about the north
Worn down by the Australian music industry, Sampa Tembo returned to Zambia to make a new album in two weeks, blending hip-hop and Zamrock. She spoke to Guardian Australia exclusively from Glastonbury
By turns tearful and rocking out, the New Zealand star is on a roll with cathartic cuts from 2021’s Solar Power, including a stirring performance in Māori
Currently touring the UK, Echols harks back to the multiracial band whose Forever Changes was hailed as a masterpiece, but who faced chaos, false rumours, racism, drug addiction and more
Last weekend, On Time festival brought together Kyiv’s music, art and craft communities to celebrate creativity – and vent the trauma of the Russian invasion
Worn down by the Australian music industry, Sampa Tembo returned to Zambia to make a new album in two weeks, blending hip-hop and Zamrock. She spoke to Guardian Australia exclusively from Glastonbury
Last weekend, On Time festival brought together Kyiv’s music, art and craft communities to celebrate creativity – and vent the trauma of the Russian invasion
As a new generation continues to discover her via Running Up That Hill, musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Brian Molko reveal how the singer changed their lives
As the season of live music returns, bands and DJs are trekking to the fields, post-lockdown. To get back into the swing, our writer hit as many shindigs as possible in four days. Would he live to tell the tale?
The British star is, once again, our most-played artist, and no wonder. He asks little of listeners too tired to give anything, says music writer Michael Cragg
Black music has reshaped British culture, but now that its artists and songwriters are finally being credited, those behind the scenes also need nurture
Love guitarist Johnny Echols Arthur Lee was warm, giving – and obnoxious