Meet the retiree who realized his dream of joining the LSU marching band as a 66-year-old freshman
Kent Broussard joined Louisiana State University’s famed Golden Band from Tigerland after retiring as an accountant
CMAT, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names
Only two debut albums – among them the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prize
Show me the nipple-baring Ziggy knitwear! A tour inside David Bowie’s mind-boggling 90,000-item archive
From the plans for a Major Tom movie to the Aladdin Sane mask and some wild ‘artworks’ sent by fans, this Bowie treasure trove is now open to the public – and it’s the freakiest show!
‘People say my music helps them heal’: Canada’s First Nations musicians revitalise the powwow
Confronting the historic trauma of forced assimilation, a wave of artists are rejuvenating hyper-diverse Indigenous cultures in the kinds of festivals that were once forbidden
Slickness, sarcasm and one-night stands: Supertramp’s 10 best recordings
After the death of co-frontman Rick Davies, we survey the best of the songwriting partnership with Roger Hodgson that propelled them to mass success in the 70s
Sheila Jordan obituary
Jazz singer with an unorthodox vocal style who first toured the UK and Europe in the 1960s
‘I say where I’m from and they tell me they’re sorry’: growing up in the most deprived place in England
The faded resorts and coastal towns of Tendring in Essex offer few job opportunities but many of its 20-somethings are set on finding their way in an area with one of England’s oldest populations
Rick Davies brought a peculiar funk to Supertramp, a band that existed on its own unfashionable terms
The tension between co-founders Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies – who has died aged 81 – was the driving force of a band who refused to fit into any genre
Bruce Loose brought his own unique blend of complexity and a menacing darkness to San Francisco punks Flipper
The singer, who died from a heart attack on 5 September, ripped up the two-minute hardcore song blueprint and won over a legion of fans including Kurt Cobain and Jane’s Addiction
‘Most of the time I was only wearing tiny shorts’: how Devendra Banhart made I Feel Just Like a Child
‘I wanted something more interesting than a key change. So when someone walked by the studio with a husky, I said, “Do you want to howl with your dog?”’
Justin Bieber: Swag II review – more filler with an occasional pop killer
Part two of Bieber’s seventh album adds very little: it’s largely bland pop with glimpses of quality thanks to a buzzy supporting cast including Dijon and Bakar
The one change that worked: I sobered up – and started to listen to what my body was telling me
After years of partying, I realised the exhaustion and anxiety weren’t worth it, and turned my back on Friday night Fomo. I still enjoy the dancefloor, but I always know when to leave
‘The cultural landscape is decimated’: Louise Alder on stage fright, arts funding and the Last Night of the Proms
The great soprano will be the first British singer to top the bill at the Last Night in over a decade. So why does she advise her younger colleagues to leave the country?
MTV VMAs 2025 winners: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter triumph at muted award ceremony
Singers took home two trophies each as Mariah Carey won a lifetime achievement award, in a night that largely celebrated female artists
Rick Davies, Supertramp frontman and co-founder, dies aged 81
Death of British singer, who wrote and sang hits including Goodbye Stranger and Bloody Well Right, comes ‘after a long illness’, band says