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Night of lean bliss with Vampire Weekend

16.10.09
As glorious melody wrapped itself around glorious melody, there was an appealing impishness to Vampire Weekend's catholic musicality.... more

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Hugely entertaining show from Mika

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Cornell Dupree is one of the most authentic guitarists of backwoods America.... more

Off the record: Do try this at home, kids

17.04.09
Roll over Barney the Dinosaur and tell Big Bird the news — in Ziggy Marley, the under-fives have a new kind of musical idol.... more

Makeba, anti-apartheid's voice, dies after concert

10.11.08
Miriam Makeba, the South African singing star who was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, has died... more

The next big thing: Sam Beeton

15.08.08
Sam Beeton is a Nottingham teenager whose single, What You Look For, has already been made single of the week by Jo Whiley on Radio 1. He is set to entertain fans at this weekend's V Festival. ... more

Giaconda is Tin Pan Alley's gastro hit

30.07.08
The café where Joe Strummer once sipped tea has been transformed by a passionate Aussie into a dining room full of no-nonsense, good-value fare ... more

Hello baldness my old friend: Art Garfunkel loses his trademark afro

13.06.08
He was almost as famous for his halo of blond curls as he was for his angelic voice. But while his dulcet tones are still going strong, Art Garfunkel appears to have lost a remarkable battle to keep hold of his second most famous feature... more

Vampire Weekend go for the jugular: Pop's quirkiest newcomers have plenty of bite

22.05.08
Since signing to London-based label XL, who found them via their MySpace page, Vampire Weekend have wasted no time building up a following. Their two UK tours to date have both sold out, while they are already pencilled in for a slew of summer festival appearances. The band have also been credited with rejuvenating the New York pop scene ... more

Unique, charming and mad

21.05.08
With an ear for a tune and a way with a lyric Jens Lekman fits neatly into the canon of Swedish songwriters that do likewise.... more

CDs of the week

29.02.08
Erykah Badu returns with a record that could signpost the future for black American music and an album of timeless soul sounds from Duffy.... more

Still Fretting in the basement

29.01.08
Singer-songwriter Stephen Fretwell sounded deserving of a much bigger audience than the one in front of him at the Troubadour coffee house.... more

Off the record

25.01.08
David Smyth discusses Juno, the Oscar-nominated comedy that has a soundtrack that deserves an award itself.... more

Eclectic musical feast

18.01.08
New York four-piece Vampire Weekend are risking their necks by daring to be different and so far it seems to be paying off.... more

Sir Paul McCartney puts Linda photos on show

16.01.08
Sir Paul McCartney is to stage an exhibition in London of photographs by his late wife Linda featuring images of stars such as Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison and John Lennon.... more

CDs of the week

23.11.07
Kylie Minogue returns with her usual quality pop, Wyclef Jean continues to flourish and leading saxophonist Tineke Postma all feature in this week's top CDs.... more

CDs of the week

05.10.07
The truly indestructible Sugababes return for their fifth album and London songsmith Jack Peñate aims to vindicate all that gushing praise.... more

Please don't call me J-Lo

06.09.07
A disastrous relationship and over-exposure nearly killed Jennifer Lopez's career. Now she is reinventing herself as a Latin movie star.... more

Oud's your daddy?

25.05.07
Music Matbakh is a new collective comprising a dozen young musicians from all over the Middle East. And it sounds fantastic, says Arwa Haider.... more

The ultimate cover girl

18.05.07
Cover versions often suggest a dearth of ideas, but New York punk instigator Patti Smith has made a career out of creating arresting remakes of other people's songs.... more

CDs of the week

13.04.07
Covers albums from Patti Smith and Lily Allen's producer Mark Ronson offer up unexpected delights, while Nine Inch Nails are also on form.... more

CDs of the week

19.01.07
Debuts from both Damon Albarn's The Good, the Bad and the Queen and The View make good listening, plus there's an indispensible Latin-Arabian compilation.... more

Abbey Rd to host new 'Whistle Test'

22.11.06
The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paul Simon, Primal Scream and Muse have all signed up for a new TV show at Abbey Road Studios.... more

Breathing new life into old hits

13.11.06
What should Paul Simon do with his richly varied 49-year back catalogue? His answer was simple. At his Wembley gig he breathed new life into some old classics.... more

Critic's choice: Weekend gigs

10.11.06
Lucinda Williams airs her bruised country rock, My Chemical Romance warm up for their Wembley gig and you should sell everything you own to get a ticket for Brian Wilson's West End show.... 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

Raw truth in the township

25.08.06
Township Stories gives a painfully honest view of unremittingly violent life in post-apartheid South Africa.... more

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