William Orbit: “If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down”
The producer worked his magic with Britney Spears, All Saints and Blur. In his sixties a drug binge and breakdown…
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The soft power of Dolly Parton
The country singer and philanthropist has been given $100m by Jeff Bezos for her charities. What might she do with…
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The high-art cabaret of Christine and the Queens’ Redcar
At a circus venue in Paris the next evolution in the musician’s theatrical pop shows how real life seeps into…
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PJ Harvey on superstition, dialect and poetry
At a live Q&A with Frank Skinner, the musician shared her knowledge of Dorset folklore and read from her new…
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The Proclaimers are still Britain’s best male rock singers
At a recent gig in Leicester, the duo were just as much a juggernaut as they have always been.
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English National Opera is a cultural lifeline – but we have been decimated by cuts
Arts Council England’s withdrawal of our general funding will have reverberations across the entire arts ecosystem.
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Surrender: praying in the church of Bono
In his account of being “saved” by love and religion, the U2 frontman’s sincerity overpowers the scorn of his critics.
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Has pop reached peak Jack Antonoff?
From the music of Taylor Swift to Lorde, the producer’s sound is inescapable – and too much of even a…
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