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
‘We weren’t allowed to meet Oasis!’: Japanese punk band Otoboke Beaver on fun, feminism and famous fans
Dave Grohl spread the word about the ferociously funny quartet and now they’re supporting Foo Fighters in stadiums. Just make sure you switch off your phone’s flash if you go to their gigs …
‘He experienced a full life of trauma’: documentary explores troubled tale of Gregg Allman
A new documentary focuses on the hugely successful musician whose life was punctuated by tragedy
Bonnie Tyler out of coma but remains in intensive care in Portugal
Welsh singer, best known for 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, had emergency intestinal surgery in May
Ariana Grande review – glittering hits and powerhouse vocals in stunning return to stage
The pop star’s first tour in seven years brought the house down with emotive ballads and clubby bangers delivered with saucy wit
Daphne Shadwell obituary
Pioneering programme-maker and director who provided the title for the live TV pop show Ready Steady Go! in the 1960s
Lydia Lunch: ‘There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body’
The Teenage Jesus and the Jerks frontwoman shares her hatred of sandwiches and pop culture, plus her wish to evaporate and return to ‘the ether’
Jessie J’s triumphant return puts lucrative Chinese market in spotlight
Other western acts have attempted to crack country’s music scene since singer’s breakout success in 2018