Gorillaz review – a staggering hi-tech mini-festival from the magpie mind of Damon Albarn
A stream of high-profile guest stars included Johnny Marr, Little Simz, Shaun Ryder, Sparks, Yasiin Bey, Bootie Brown and Fatoumata Diawara
‘Beyoncé’s Crazy in Love makes you move your body’: Gloria Gaynor’s honest playlist
The disco-pop great salutes the sexiness of Marvin Gaye and the spirituality of Amazing Grace. But which of her own hits does she sing at karaoke?
The hill I will die on: Going to a gig is an endurance test
Muddy sound systems, pricey tickets and a strong chance of getting showered with someone’s stale beer – give me a nice sit-down in a cinema any time, says Guardian Saturday commissioning editor Sasha Mistlin
David Guetta and Sia’s song Titanium got me through my fertility treatment
Hearing their in-your-face banger was a turning point for me – and I’ve never looked back
Ibeyi: Offering review – French twin sisters master the balance between mysticism and edge
Newly independent and proudly self-sufficient, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz mix ancient lore with heavy bass, and harmonies with distortion, to incantatory effect
‘I’d listen to my body before it screamed for help’: Keith Richards on life as an 82-year-old great-grandad – and jousting with Mick Jagger
He did every substance imaginable – and got punched by Chuck Berry – but Keef’s still going strong. As the Stones knock out another new album, he explains why he’s rejecting AI in favour of ‘the old ways’
The Temper Trap are back from hiatus with a new album. A lot has changed since their first
Since recording their breakout 2009 debut in a ‘dungeon basement’ in Hackney, the lives of the Melbourne band have transformed – and so has their industry
Post your questions for Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas
The voice behind Dancing in the Street, Heat Wave and many more is releasing her first album in 22 years – and will take on your questions
Soul classics and stepmother celebrations: Alicia Keys’ 20 best songs – ranked!
Twenty-five years after she released her debut album, we pick the best of an artist pairing Chopin-inspired piano with pop, soul and powerful emotion
Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life review – faceless, formulaic mush of Mumfords, Sheeran and Coldplay
He can write a decent rousing chorus, but the Stargazing hitmaker’s influences couldn’t be more obvious if he tried – right down to a ghastly Galway Girl sequel
Bongeziwe Mabandla faced addiction, illness and ‘backstabbers’. How has the South African singer stayed so upbeat?
An indie star in his homeland, Mabandla’s fame is growing abroad – and his uplifting new album is full of existential insight after some of the toughest years of his life
Walter Parazaider, founding member of Chicago, dies aged 81
Founding member of band with hits like If You Leave Me Now and Hard to Say I’m Sorry had Alzheimer’s disease
Teddie Beverley obituary
Last of the Beverley Sisters, the singing trio who found fame in the 1950s with hits such as I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Little Donkey
Lily Allen review – West End Girl’s marital collapse is superbly evoked at arena scale
Expanding on her recent theatre tour, Allen’s one-woman performance of her zeitgeist-dominating album is full of catharsis and high camp
‘Addiction is proof there is a devil. Recovery is proof there is a God’: Irish rockers Bleech 9:3 on struggle, sobriety and their stunning debut
After two friends sponsored each other in Alcoholics Anonymous, they started making music. As they gear up for a summer of 40 festivals, the band tell their harrowing yet uplifting story