‘When I became a meme it was humiliating and hurtful’: Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong

For two years, a viral joke mocking the singer’s dancing threatened to overshadow her record-breaking success – but the laser-focused star had the last laugh. And now she has her sights set on building a media empire

David Webb obituary

Other lives: Talented drummer who played in different bands and genres all over the world including the US, Australia and Cambodia

Duane Eddy obituary

Guitarist whose string of hit records in the late 1950s and early 60s were noted for their twangy sound

‘I was sad in a way I never knew possible’: Yaya Bey on grief, poverty and using music as therapy

The end of a marriage, the chaos of Covid and the death of her father hit the R&B auteur hard. But she says that she has found beauty in sadness

Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events review – a debut that’s better than it thinks

The new wave Britpop singer-songwriter includes a couple of old hits on an album that is in fact brimming with fresh ideas

Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice review – desert bluesman on incendiary form

The Nigerien guitarist and his virtuoso band set polemical fury to thrilling musicianship on this no-holds-barred release

Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch review – retro pop with the feel of a forgotten classic

With her best songs yet, the Californian singer’s fourth album could transform her from fringe act to mainstream success

‘Push through the feelings of: I’m worthless, this sucks’: can anyone learn to be a top songwriter?

Songwriting courses are exploding in popularity, with everyone from Mark Ronson to Alicia Keys as teachers. On a retreat in north Wales, our folk music critic tries to write her first song

Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – ‘psychedelic pop-infused’? Pull the other one!

The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence

Take That move gigs to different Manchester venue over Co-op Live issues

Boyband cites ‘technical issues’ at arena where Olivia Rodrigo, Keane and Peter Kay had also been due to perform

Sia: Reasonable Woman review – pop reduced to motivational poster

The Australian hitmaker reaches for moments of brilliance on her 10th studio album. But too often it plays like generic inspiration

‘Who wants to stare at a computer?’ Pop duo the Lemon Twigs on the joys of analogue life

As teenagers, the New York brothers swiftly rose to become retro pop darlings – until they weren’t. Now older, wiser and taking inspiration from the travails of their family, they’re making their best music yet

John Duff Lowe obituary

Other lives: Finance adviser and pianist who played on the first record that Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison made together

Duane Eddy’s twang remains one of rock’n’roll’s greatest sounds

The late guitarist was rightly ubiquitous in the late 1950s thanks to his otherworldly sound, earning admirers from Bruce Springsteen to John Peel

Richard Tandy, ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76

Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne announces death of ‘remarkable musician and friend’ who played everything from the Minimoog to the Clavinet