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Raye wins 2026 Mercury prize for This Music May Contain Hope

3h ago

Amy Winehouse musical in development for West End

6h ago

Vast Beatles museum, hailed as ‘extraordinary’ by Paul McCartney, to open in Liverpool in 2028

Tue

Michael Kiwanuka: Fudge review – rough and instinctive, but also lush and alive with melody

Mon

‘I drunkenly sing Wonderwall off-key and awfully’: Rebecca Ferguson’s honest playlist

Sun

Add to playlist: the buzzy bildungsromans of boy wonder Superfan and the week’s best new tracks

Fri

‘The mainstream has come to them’: how did Fontaines DC go from Dublin dive bars to headlining stadiums?

Fri

Worldpeace DMT: Stick Around for Tea review – ‘laptop twee’ duo keep things goofy but strengthen songs

Fri

‘I need to prove my family’s sacrifice was worth it’: how pop auteur Shygirl slogged her way to the top

Fri

‘A guy held a knife to my throat and said: play something normal!’ Richard Thompson on crazy crowds, his beloved beret and Sandy Denny’s driving skills

Thu

Angèle: Instinct review – Belgium’s biggest star is determined to do pop differently

Thu

Stevie Wonder review – playing his greatest album in full, he knocks everyone sideways

Oct 14

The Mary Wallopers review – legs and pints go flying to the sound of rowdy folk ragers

Oct 14

Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’

Oct 14

The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show

Oct 13

Beth Orton review – battered optimism from an artist making the best music of her career

Oct 13

‘Girls aren’t supposed to be cocky’: Sophia Stel on the pressure of writing The Greatest Album Of All Time

Oct 13

‘When it went double platinum, Andy Burnham gave us the award’: how Courteeners made Not Nineteen Forever

Oct 12

Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph

Oct 12

‘I’d wander through the park all angsty listening to Arctic Monkeys’: Arlo Parks’ honest playlist

Oct 11

Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks

Oct 9

Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven review – alt-country singer’s love-hate affair with LA

Oct 9

Troye Sivan: She’s the Best review – a strange, singular pop star who deserves to be multiplatinum

Oct 8

Fierce, frantic and loaded with menace: Fontaines DC’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Oct 8

‘Spend time going down rabbit holes’: how the Avalanches created their wildest album yet

Oct 8