Ashanti: ‘I’ve had a bodysuit snap off on stage. That was not my coolest moment’
Ahead of her Australian tour, the Grammy winner talks about her marriage to Nelly, fans rushing the stage and her secret skill
Steve Ellis, frontman of Everlasting Love hitmakers Love Affair, dies aged 76
Singer hit No 1 with pop-rock band in 1968 and scored three more Top 10 hits with them, before solo career featuring collaborations with Paul Weller
‘They said we incited riots’: explosive punks Bad Brains on drugs, self-destruction and recording from jail
Young, black and fuelled by self-help mantras, they were reputedly the best live band on Earth. As their wild first sessions are rereleased, the group talk about scaring club owners – and getting kicked out of the UK
Rosalind Ashford obituary
American singer who was a founding member of Martha and the Vandellas
Odette on a later-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘It completely revolutionised the way that I exist’
Last year she got sober and an official diagnosis. It’s not the first time a new understanding about herself has reframed the Sydney artist’s music – and life
Sampa the Great: Nu Zamrock review – a full-circle moment for a world-class act
Sampa Tembo’s genre-hopping third album meets the moment with charisma and cheek
Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song
Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US president
Dónal Lunny obituary
Producer and musician who played with the influential Irish folk bands Planxty, the Bothy Band and Moving Hearts
‘He buckled. I could hear his bass ringing out …’ The luminous rise and tragic end of US alt heroes Morphine
Fronted by Mark Sandman, the group brought enigmatic, elegant rock to post-grunge America. As lost demos surface, those closest to Sandman remember a man who grabbed on to life’s joys
‘Algorithms make everything predictable’: why the CD is making a comeback
As John Lewis reports a 96% rise in searches for CD players, music fans share their reasons for ditching streaming
The Big Moon: Forever review – the hell of hearing loss inspires a defiantly hopeful pop-disco marvel
After frontperson Juliette Jackson lost half her hearing, she wrote sad songs and felt frustrated. So she pivoted, writing herself a happy ending. The results are joyfully convincing
Pop prodigy Underscores: ‘I don’t think Gen Z is a loveless generation’
With a sound inspired by the San Francisco tech boom, the hyperpop musician is entering the big leagues, and has a slot on Charli xcx’s tour. First she needs to get over her own shyness – not to mention a fear of love songs
‘Dear Charlie’: letter revealing move to snare future Rolling Stones drummer up for auction
Brian Jones wrote to Charlie Watts in 1962 asking him to leave his R&B group and join his ‘far better’ band instead
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man review – music-biz face from Beatles-buddy pop act to superstar producer
Backstory of modest industry veteran who started out as one half of pop duo Peter and Gordon, and went on to produce acts such as James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt
The Babydoll phenomenon: how Jamie Miller’s song got the world dancing – and put Wales back on top
It has been 40 years since a Welsh man topped the UK charts. Now a little-known singer has done it again, with the help of the year’s biggest earworm