Music

George Brown described Kool & the Gang’s records as “the sound of ­happiness”. As the band’s long-serving drummer...

Realistically, Adele was unlikely to announce her marriage in The Times. Instead, the girl from Tottenham who...

I hadn’t heard of Dinis Sousa until April 2021. That was when, seemingly out of the blue, he was ...

Here are some of the best concerts and opera performances our critics have seen in the past few weeks. We’ll also...

Taylor Swift paid tribute to a fan who died before a concert in Rio de Janeiro as she returned to the stage in...

The tall, sandy-haired 65-year-old sipping tea in the upstairs bar at the Olympic Cinema in Barnes, southwest...

★★★☆☆
“I’m not touring this album, this is it,” confessed the unsigned independent artist Ed Sheeran, preparing to...

Can I ask you a question?
Yes.

Are you … ready for it?
Depends what it is.

The most brilliantly bejewelled boat to...

★★★☆☆
Who’s that girl? Well none of the three women taking turns to sing the classic hits of Eurythmics is Annie...

★★★★☆
Alarm bells ring in my brain and despair grips my soul when the programme note for a new composition begins...

It chronicled the Beatles’ last creative blast in a recording studio then a large part of it was unceremoniously...

She’s the country-pop princess who achieved global superstardom when she was still a teenager, then took on the...

In the winter of 2021 Blair Ferguson, an 18-year-old musician, moved into his aunt’s attic overlooking the grey...

When it comes to buying the perfect present, it’s reassuring to know that even someone as legendarily stylish as...

Chris Stein, the co-founder of Blondie, has said that his ill health may prevent him from returning to the stage...

Rockstar
★★★☆☆
Butterfly/Big Machine
Thirty tracks, a running time in excess of two hours and 20 minutes: that’s a lot...

Eric Cantona has been serenading a tranquil audience in London for about 90 minutes when he finally decides to...

A Scottish music producer has been nominated for series of Grammys just five years after launching his career from...

★★★★☆
André Benjamin, one half of the Atlanta rap legends Outkast, has made his debut solo album — and it consists...

★★★☆☆
Abel Selaocoe was met with cheers when he came on stage at the ; the artist has become...