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Spectacular melancholy sounds from Richard Hawley

20.11.09
The support acts at this charity show, one of Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions, might well have threatened Richard Hawley’s headline status... more

Hallelujah, it's Alexandra the (almost) great Burke

18.11.09
It is impossible to imagine the passionate, likeable Alexandra Burke doing anything other than carrying on emulating her pop idol Beyoncé.... more

Sound check: Who said Grime doesn't pay?

13.11.09
Plan B has given up rapping about knife crime and the mean streets of London to make his film debut - and an album of smooth funk... more

Sound check: Rocking with Laughter

06.11.09
Flight of the Conchords are part of a trend that proves it's possible to make a comedy song you can listen to more than once.... more

CDs of the week: Robbie Williams has a cracking comeback album

06.11.09
When Robbie Williams's pleasing, pleading voice is coupled with a background orchestra on Superblind he has something he's never previously come close to: gravitas.... more

Battle of the year's biggest albums

23.10.09
Leona is up against Rihanna, Jamie Cullum braves Norah Jones, Snoop Dogg squares up to 50 Cent — and Robbie takes on the world.... more

The day trippers - Perfect places for a London away-day

14.08.09
Liz Hoggard hasn't been on holiday for three years. Instead she's perfected the fine art of the London away-day. Here she describes her ideal weekend... more

Sound check: Do you want some?

24.07.09
Liam Gallagher turned on his fans this week when one of them lobbed a pint at him — but Oasis aren’t the only band attracting a hooligan crowd... more

Elbow give the fans a treat

16.03.09
Eighteen years in the waiting, Elbow's time has come. They proved their music's always been special at Wembley Arena.... more

Tony Christie summons up powerful croon

20.11.08
For an old crooner, Tony Christie certainly has some Sheffield steel at his disposal, as he showed at the Cadogan Hall.... more

CDs of the week

07.11.08
Tracey Chapman's sweet and earnest melodies might touch a lost chord and Tony Christie puts out the finest Sheffield album since The Human League's Dare.... more

Welsh songbird Duffy wins best song for Mercy at Mojo Awards

17.06.08
Welsh singer Duffy, who has been dubbed 'the new Dusty Springfield, has won song of the year for her hit Mercy at the Mojo magazine awards.... more

CDs of the week

14.03.08
Our reviewers give their opinions on the latest offerings from Elbow, We are Scientists, Van Morrison, Barb Jungr and African Scream Contest. ... more

CDs of the week

07.03.08
Elbow take things too seriously on their new album, Hercules and Love Affair offer some of the sounds of the year and frisky pop from Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.... more

Crooning without charisma

13.02.08
Richard Hawley has positioned himself in the role of a post-modern crooner, but he currently has no stage presence whatsoever.... more

Pop goes 2007 - music review of the year

21.12.07
From Mika to Mozart, our music critics present their guide to a vintage year with a look back at the best albums.... more

Off the record

09.11.07
André Paine goes behind-the-scenes at the making of a charity single and recalls the time he met the coolest man in rock.... more

Vintage sound

06.09.07
Almost every song in Sheffield crooner Richard Hawley's arsenal is a lovelorn slowie perfect for a smoochy slowdance.... more

CDs of the week

17.08.07
CD offerings this week include M.I.A and Richard Hawley's extravagantly praised debut Lady's Bridge.... more

CDs of the week

13.07.07
Cherry Ghost have a Thirst for Romance and TV talent show winner Paul Potts releases his album in this week's CD offerings... more

Off the record: David Smyth

15.06.07
David Rothenberg has awacky theory about why birds sing - and he has already convinced Jarvis and Damon. ... more

Off the record: David Smyth

08.06.07
David Smyth mulls over the White Stripes' idea to give copies of their new album away and takes an early peek at the latest Crowded House offering... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 gigs

30.03.07
Manchester-based singer-songwriter Cherry Ghost is at The Borderline, Stiff Little Fingers play the Astoria and The Good, the Bad and the Queen head for Hammersmith.... more

Rock and rolling in the aisles

30.11.06
It's been a strange career for Richard Hawley but after after winning the South Bank Show Pop Award for Coles Corner he's gone from strength to strength.... more

Cocker proves there is life after Pulp

16.11.06
After Pulp's limp hurrah in 2002, Jarvis Cocker is back - this time on his own. But his new set-up is not so different from his old band's. And that's a good thing, says David Smyth.... more

I've toured the world more than Captain Cook

14.11.06
Richard Hawley has worked with Pulp, Nancy Sinatra and turned down Robbie. Now, pop's reluctant hero is selling out gigs of his own.... more

Monkeys win Mercury Prize

06.09.06
The Arctic Monkeys must have known something the rest of us didn't when they deigned to turn up to the Mercury Prize ceremony.... more

Britpopper's late bloom

07.08.06
Gig review: At 39, success has come late for Yorkshire crooner Richard Hawley. His Sunday lunchtime appearance at the Curzon was part of a series where musicians and artists introduce a favourite film and Hawley picked Zulu, comparing its colonial theme to Iraq. ... more

Top 5 weekend gigs

04.08.06
Smoothie sounds: Covers band Nouvelle Vague, veteran rappers Arrested Development and Thirties throwbacks the Puppini Sisters entertain the chilled-out crowds at Fruitstock, rich-voiced Sheffield crooner Richard Hawley plays an acoustic set and Omar heads to the Jazz Cafe.... more

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