Betty Davis, raw funk pioneer, dies aged 76
Singer, who married Miles Davis, influenced many with wild voice and overtly sexual lyrics
David Crosby on Stills, Nash and Neil Young (‘probably the most selfish person I know’)
At 80, the superstar musician has survived heroin addiction, illness and tragedy
The twins who broke the internet with Phil Collins video: Here’s their verdict on U2 and Hozier
Videos of YouTubers Tim and Fred Williams listening to classic songs have racked up millions of views
When Maser wrote his graffiti love letter to everybody
October 11th, 2008: Ireland’s street artists come out from the underground
Photographer of choice for musicians and movie stars, Terry O’Neill, dies at 81
O’Neill could put famous people at ease and became friends with many of those he photographed
David McWilliams: The ‘Merc index’ shows the Irish property market madness
In 1973, when Ireland joined EEC, a Mercedes cost more than an average new house
The Johnny Depp you once loved wasn’t the real Johnny Depp
Discrediting of movie stars we admire can be hard to process. But we never really knew them
Rod Stewart: ‘I’m not in the pipe and slipper club yet. I can still go mad’
The 73-year-old rock musician on ice baths, the Easter Rising and his decades of wild days and success
Spotify sued for $1.6bn over unpaid royalties
Music streaming service faces claim on behalf of artists including Neil Young and Janis Joplin
How Charles Baudelaire became France’s first rock star
The poet, who died 150 years ago this week, retains significant influence and allure
Leonard Cohen: the key songs and what they mean
From his 1967 debut album to the final recordings, here are 10 of Leonard Cohen’s best songs and lyrics
Tommy Hilfiger and Patrick Freyne set sail for New York Fashion Week
Designer Tommy Hilfiger's nautical-themed fashion show leaves Patrick Freyne feeling all at sea - and that's before the writer's run-in with Kim Kardashian
Rory Gallagher and his band Taste almost played Woodstock
Film of Taste at Isle of Wight a year later to screen at Cork Film Festival next week
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon review
"Party time . . . Excellent": Who'd have guessed? In Mike Meyers' documentary, one of the great masters of rock'n'roll PR comes up smelling of roses
US soul singer Bobby Womack dies aged 70
Songwriter recorded with Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and Ray Charles
The Chelsea: bohos, bad behaviour and bed bugs
Jackson Pollock puked there, Dylan wrote lyrics there, Nancy Spungen was killed there – could a space as chaotic as the New York hotel exist today?
Screen by screenwest
This year’s South By Southwest film festival features winning movies in ‘Chef’, with Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey jnr, ‘Frank’, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson; Mike Myers’s ‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’; and ‘The Legend of Shorty’, about the cartel boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
David Baddiel: ‘It was weird being depressed and having to go on TV’
On the comedian’s mind are anti-Semitism and how it is not really considered racism, his experience of fame as ‘a constant puncturing of the moment’, and doing stand-up again
Review: John Grant
A stellar show with guest appearances from Sinéad O’Connor and Conor O’Brien is pure, poignant pleasure
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