Tracey Thorn

The return of Everything But the Girl: ‘A 24-year break is great way to stoke expectation’

Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt explain why it took them nearly quarter of a century to make music together again

Everything But the Girl: Fuse – Signature class as Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn return

Fuse is so good a soundtrack it is as if Thorn and Watt have never been away

Make More Noise review – The new wave of women who made their voices heard

X-Ray Spex, The Slits, Au Pairs, Tracey Thorn – the hit list goes on over four fab CDs

Ben Watt: Storm Damage review – Thoughtful songs for unstable times

Everything but the Girl mainstay takes a new direction on these spiritual songs

Gig of the Week: Fontaines DC

Sold-out Irish shows will be a celebration of their success and a genuine homecoming

‘Oasis distorted the idea of what the Manchester scene was’

Dave Haslam, onetime Hacienda DJ, has vignettes on Madchester, Morrissey and Mark E Smith

Noel Gallagher, Ray Lamontagne, Bedouine and the Vinyl festival: this week’s best rock and pop gigs

M Ward, Snow Patrol and Freya Ridings are other highlights of the next seven days

Preoccupations: New Material review – fresh start for band formerly known as Viet Cong

Billy Bragg makes tracks around ‘the old, weird America’

The singer-songwriter recorded his latest album on a marathon 2,728-mile rail journey

Lisa McInerney wins Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction

Irish author claims prestigious award for her debut novel ‘The Glorious Heresies’

John Grant: Grey Tickles, Black Pressure | Album of the Week

Engaging exploration of the art of singing

Tracey Thorn: ‘There is pressure on women to sing in a way that is considered feminine’

The vocalist from Everything But the Girl has written a brilliant book about singing. She talks about finding her own voice and why she has no intention of getting back up on stage

Funny and frank: a worthy hit

Tracey Thorn tops the charts with a memoir of her career with Everything But the Girl