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
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
Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86
Grammy-winning musician, who had a string of instrumental hits in the 50s and 60s, has died of cancer
Mike Pinder obituary
Singer, songwriter and pioneer of the Mellotron keyboard who was a founder member of the original Moody Blues
‘I wasn’t worried about what gringos wanted!’ Ludmilla, Brazil’s next pop superstar
Already the most listened-to Black artist in Brazil and a favourite of Beyoncé, Ludmilla has a whole new audience after her viral Coachella show. She discusses the racism and homophobia she’s had to face getting this far
‘Bowie told me it’s OK to be messy’: the starry life and strife of singer-songwriter Lawrence Rothman
They’ve played with everyone from Lucinda Williams to a pre-fame Billie Eilish. Now, on their intensely personal new album, they confront the trauma of being pistol-whipped and dealing with an eating disorder
Everyone Knows That: internet music mystery solved via 1986 adult movie
The search for song that has consumed thousands of Reddit users is over, with discovery that it was written for pornographic film
‘The song I wish I’d written? Wonderwall’: Gabrielle’s honest playlist
The solo artist sings along privately to Oasis and to Bruce Springsteen in public. But what song is her classic Dreams based on?