Music
Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’

Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’

Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’
Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it

New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand

Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’
Hundreds brave rain for Tom Grennan’s Big Issue busk in Coventry – including his nan

Hundreds brave rain for Tom Grennan’s Big Issue busk in Coventry – including his nan
The Piano’s Brad Kella: ‘I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams’

The Piano’s Brad Kella: ‘I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams’
Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money
