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  • Ted Milton with his puppet Constable Nosey Parker.

    Interview
    ‘Charisma is a form of psychosis’: inspiring Eric Clapton, having kids at 70 … the irreverent life of post-punk puppeteer Ted Milton

    He crossed paths with William Burroughs, Terry Gilliam and Spitting Image while whipping up almighty grooves with his band Blurt. Now 82, he’s back on tour – and bracing for a warts-and-all documentary made by his many children
  • Meryl Streep & Joni Mitchell

    Film
    Meryl Streep cast as Joni Mitchell in new biopic

  • Olivia Dean holds up her Grammy on the red carpet

    Report
    ‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

  • Stormzy sitting on a chair wearing a pale jumper

    Books
    Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign

  • Bad Bunny accepts the award for best música urbana album at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, 1 February 2026.

    Does it matter when celebrities like Bad Bunny castigate Trump and ICE at the Grammys? You bet!

    Jason Okundaye

Best of 2025

  1. side by side photos of three musicians

    The best songs of 2025
    That you may not have heard

  2. Annahstasia publicity photo, 2025

    Soul-baring ballads, alt-rock fury and neon-lit techno
    Five-star albums you may have missed this year

  3. Cécile McLorin Salvant Press publicity portrait

    The 10 best jazz albums of 2025

  4. Labi SiffreBritish poet and musician Labi Siffre on stage, circa 1970. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)

    Paranoia, pop-dubstep and perfectly odd gems: the best old music we discovered this year

Interviews

  1. Stefania “Alos” Pedretti, right, and Bruno Dorella AKA OvO.

    ‘People could hear me at last’: how an Italian singer lost her voice – and found it again by screaming

  2. Fab Morvan

    Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan on his lip-syncing downfall and Grammys comeback: ‘The truth will set you free’

  3. Josh Groban dressed as a cowboy, holding a guitar, recreating a childhood look

    Flashback
    Josh Groban looks back: ‘Music became a liability to my mental health’

Album reviews

  1. Tyler Ballgame next to a window.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Tyler Ballgame: For the First Time, Again – cosplaying singer-songwriter courts comparisons to 1970s greats

  2. Julie Campiche with harp.

    Jazz album of the month
    Julie Campiche: Unspoken – a harpist’s tender, quietly radical hymn to women who endure

  3. The band Yumi Zouma are shown looking up the camera while against a blue backdrop.

    Album review
    Yumi Zouma: No Love Lost to Kindness – New Zealand dream-poppers’ reinvention doesn’t go far enough

  4. James LoMenzo, Dirk Verbeuren, Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari of Megadeth.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Megadeth: Megadeth – conspiracy theories and combustible fingers on thrash metallers’ curtain call

Live reviews

  1. Radiating resolve … Lucinda Williams.

    Americana
    Lucinda Williams – Americana legend brilliantly rails against a world out of balance

  2. Hilary Duff performing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

    Pop
    Hilary Duff – first gig in 18 years for former teen icon is euphoric, escapist fun

  3. Nick Cave and the bad seeds play Fremantle Park in Perth, in January 2026.

    Rock
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in Perth – an electrifying crescendo of faith, fury and fragile joy

  4. Emmylou Harris performing at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.

    Americana
    Emmylou Harris – spine-tingling goodbye from 78-year-old country legend

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Scotland. For The Head, Heart And The Spirit

  • Mossgiel Organic Farm, Mauchline, East Ayrshire. Bryce Cunningham, farmer and owner of Mossgiel Organic Farm near Mauchline is pictured in a field with some of his herd of Ayrshire cows.

    ‘It was go bankrupt or try something different’ – how one Scottish farmer is rewriting the rules of dairy farming

  • Paddy Fletcher and Ian Stirling from the The Port Of Leith Distillery

    ‘Scotland is an exciting place to do business’ – meet the whisky makers shaking up a traditional industry

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Add to playlist

  1. Wild ideas … Theo Zhykharyev AKA Powerplant.

    Add to playlist
    Add to playlist: the boundless bedroom-made black metal of Powerplant and the week’s best new tracks

  2. BTS on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2017.

    Ranked
    Blood, butter and boys in luv: BTS’s 20 best songs – ranked!

  3. Mo Gilligan

    Honest playlist
    ‘I don’t go around telling people I love the Spice Girls’: Mo Gilligan’s honest playlist

From the archive

  • The Sherlocks

    Feature
    Made of steel: how South Yorkshire became the British indie heartland

    As Arctic Monkeys' debut album turns 20, revisit Dave Simpson's feature on the long shadow they cast over the region's indie scene

Obituaries

  • Photo of Sly DUNBAR and SLY & ROBBIEUNITED KINGDOM - JULY 09: Photo of Sly DUNBAR and SLY & ROBBIE; Sly Dunbar photographed in Kensington (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)

    10 of the greatest songs by Sly Dunbar – from reggae classics to Grace Jones and Bob Dylan

    Alexis Petridis
  • Sly Dunbar at the Jazz Cafe in London in 2005.

    News
    Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer and producer with Sly and Robbie, dies aged 73

  • From left Bryce Dessner, Bob Weir and Aaron Dessner.

    Bob Weir remained completely in touch with the Grateful Dead’s wild wonder. I’ll never forget playing with him

    Aaron Dessner
  • Bob Weir.

    Bob Weir was a songwriting powerhouse for the Grateful Dead – and the chief custodian of their legacy

    Alexis Petridis
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