He's responsible for the UN's International Peace Day, and celebrities and politicians line up to support him. Jeremy Gilley tells Alison Roberts what it took to make September 21 so special... more
Say what you like about his latest record, Dakar-Kingston — a patchy tribute to reggae icon Bob Marley — but there’s no faulting Youssou N’Dour’s live show... more
After four years of re-jigging, agonising and a clubbing sabbatical for Jake Shears in Berlin, Scissor Sisters have returned with a third album.... more
The Hackney Empire will re-open this summer to host concerts as part of a pan-East End festival of international music organised by the Barbican... more
London is to host a giant philanthropic arts festival with Martin Scorsese, Youssou N’Dour and African Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka.... more
Senegal's Orchestra Baobab is the best live band in Africa right now and demand has been so high they could have packed the Jazz Café for a week. ... more
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant duets with Alison Krauss, Neil Young and Jill Scott release albums, and 1960 Max Roach classic We Insist! is reissued this week.... more
From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... more
Amazing Grace may not be an outstanding success, but it is hardly a failure. It gives a good idea of the horrors of the slave trade, and deals with the parliamentary debates without boring.... more
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