Janis Ian: ‘It was astonishing to realise that At Seventeen applied to boys too’
After a career tackling difficult subjects, the singer-songwriter is releasing a final album
Anne-Marie: Therapy review – feisty, empowering tracks land with a thud
English artist’s second album features collaborations Little Mix and Niall Horan
Nothing new in meddling American football club owners calling the shots
Former New York Cosmos owner Steve Ross’s story a cautionary tale for Dundalk fans
Warner revisits stock listing plans as lockdowns fuel streaming boom
Original IPO was shelved as pandemic triggered market crisis
John Prine obituary: Songwriter with gift for tender, witty, wise lyrics
A singular talent of country music whose ‘Proustian existentialism’ Bob Dylan admired
Daniel Johnston, enigmatic cult songwriter, dies aged 58
American artist sang candidly and sometimes disturbingly about his demons
Song of the summer? How to make the feelgood hit of the year
In pop’s key battleground, what makes a Despacito, and who are 2019’s contenders?
Dr John, legend of New Orleans sound, dies aged 77
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer combined blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie and rock’n’ roll to magical effect
Marina: Love+Fear review – An album of two halves, where fear conquers love
Fear is unquestionably the more interesting group of songs here
Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper, fatally shot in Los Angeles
Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and LeBron James pay tribute to 33-year-old
Queen of Soul whose voice could scald or soothe
Aretha Franklin obituary: Huge talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions
Aretha Franklin: When she sang, nothing else mattered
Mick Heaney: Her impact went far beyond music – she changed the world around her
How Carole King conquered the Brill Building system
A new musical on the singer's life is at its best on the hit factory that King made her own
The War on Drugs: 'Music is about going town to town with your guitar’
The move to a major label hasn’t clipped the indie darlings’ wings or shortened their solos
Elvis record company up for sale at $250m
Carlin Music’s copyright portfolio includes songs by Elvis, David Bowie and Dolly Parton
From Whelan’s to worldwide: the rise of James Vincent McMorrow
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music. This week, Ken Allen, label owner and manager with Faction Records on building James Vincent McMorrow’s career, and the problems facing the Irish music industry
Ed Sheeran sued for allegedly copying ‘Let’s Get It On’
Lawsuit claims singer-songwriter’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ used heart of Marvin Gaye track
‘AC/DC’s music is the best antidepressant there is’
AC/DC biographer Jesse Fink on the difficulties of telling the story of Angus, Malcolm and George Young
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