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Diana Krall is one cool mother

29.10.09
Having taken a sabbatical and given birth to twin boys, the beauteous Diana Krall is back on the road.... more

CDs of the week

02.10.09
Kiss bring out their first new material for ten years and Lethal Bizzle has a rollercoaster of a third album.... more

Kelly Brook's place in the limelight is taken by... me

11.09.09
If you are lucky enough to be invited to the GQ Men of the Year Awards - I was - then a word of advice. Make sure your arrival on the red carpet doesn't coincide with that of the beautiful people... more

Walliams named most stylish man of the year at GQ awards

09.09.09
Comedian David Walliams was named the most stylish man of the year by GQ magazine - and collected his award wearing denim hotpants... more

CDs of the week

05.06.09
Little Boots arrives fresh out of Blackpool, Kasabian and The Black Eyed Peas return and Diana Krall sounds more fulfilled.... more

CDs of the week

29.05.09
Elvis Costello returns to Nashville, Paolo Nutini, unites the whole with his ragged old man croak and Patrick Wolf gives us his fourth album.... more

Elvis Costello seems more content than ever

24.04.09
Elvis Costello is such an intriguing artist and The Brodsky Quartet such flexible foils that there was much to relish at their Barbican Hall gig.... more

Party is over for Elton's fixer

06.03.09
A party organiser to the stars has been made bankrupt after being accused by one of his wealthiest clients of cheating over the bill.... more

CDs of the week

27.02.09
No Line On The Horizon should mark the end of U2's years of consolidation and Courtney Pine is approaching his prime.... more

Van the Man to perform his masterpiece at Albert Hall

18.02.09
Van Morrison is to perform his landmark album, Astral Weeks, in two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall... more

Off the record

05.12.08
From Keith Richards singing Run Rudolph Run to a Phil Spector tribute by Glasvegas, there is plenty to celebrate this Christmas.... more

Obama's new regime - it's too old school for my taste

03.12.08
There's a strange sense of political limbo here in America at the moment... more

Missing me yet, Mark?

25.09.08
If Daisy Lowe is trying to show Mark Ronson what he's missing she's doing a terrific job.... more

Three and Out's biggest crime? It’s dreadful

22.04.08
Causing a whirl of controversy, Three and Out has been branded offensive and insensitive. In short, it is a very bad British film, says Liz Hoggard.... more

Off the record

15.02.08
David Smyth takes a trip to BRIT School, considers the line-up for Massive Attack's Meltdown and checks out what's new on the net.... more

CDs of the week

07.09.07
KT Tunstall releases the follow-up to her debut world-conquering album, and a keyboard-inspired hip hop offering from Kanye West feature among the CDs of the week.... more

Veteran partnership overcome sparse crowd

09.07.07
Elvis Costello teamed up with veteran New Orleans piano player Allen Toussaint and made a virtue of their contrasting styles... more

Squeeze world comeback starts in Deptford

09.07.07
Squeeze are to perform in their old south London stamping ground of Deptford for the first time in more than 20 years... more

Critic's choice: Top Five Gigs

06.07.07
Global event Live Earth heads this week's top gigs along with former Fugee Lauryn Hill and the latest summer festival... more

Critic's choice: Top five gigs

28.06.07
This week's top 5 gigs include the Gypsy Kings at the Tower of London, Lou Reed at the Hammersmith Apollo and the Concert for Diana at Wembley.... more

Jarvis goes into Meltdown

12.06.07
It's the most unpredictable festival of the year and the best thing about curating it, says Jarvis Cocker, is being able to celebrate the music you're most passionate about. ... more

Take a seat inside the new Dome

07.06.07
Take a look at the first pictures of the spectacular new concert arena inside the Millennium Dome.... more

CDs of the week

20.04.07
The return of the Arctic Monkeys, some Joni Mitchell Covers and the righteous Mavis Staples are some of this weeks CD release highlights.... more

Stars line up for Tower of London festival

22.03.07
James Morrison, Seal and Bryan Ferry are to play special gigs at the Tower of London.... more

Melody men who won't let you down

27.02.07
Paul Connolly takes a look at the latest albums from singer-songwriters Richard Swift and Patrick Wolf.... more

CDs of the week

01.12.06
Gwen Stefani is back with her second solo album, Lee Hazlewood releases the life-affirming Cake or Death and Emma Bunton descends into bland cabaret.... more

Soundtracks to our lives

10.11.06
It's time to stop being coy about the albums we love, says Garry Mulholland in his new book. So we asked him and a panel of experts to reveal their Top 10s.... more

Soulful solo from Mr T

07.11.06
It's mystifying why Allen Toussaint doesn't work solo more often. As a one-man jazz-blues entertainer, this sophisticated old charmer from New Orleans has few rivals. ... more

This week's new CDs

15.09.06
The Scissor Sisters new album is big, bright, bold - and gay, Mates of State's Bring It Back is well worth seeking out and Darkel's first outing is super cool.... more

This week's CD reviews

11.09.06
In this week's album releases Yo La Tengo tread an eclectic path, The Fratelli's Costello Music relies on ol'-fashioned geezer charm and The Rogers Sisters play it cool.... more

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