Valerie June: Owls, Omens and Oracles review – a soul-recharging exercise in radical positivity
The Tennessee singer-songwriter’s joyful new album pushes back against the bleakness of doomscrolling
‘Have the courage to walk away’: Bon Iver on romance, retirement and his rapturous new record
Riven with anxiety from years of touring, Justin Vernon found he couldn’t leave the house. Then a new relationship changed his concept of love. His radiant new album shares the revelations
Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming
The anthemic lead single from the band’s first album in 24 years casts a wary eye over their peak 90s fame – but also suggests that performing is irresistible
She’s got the Midas touch: Shirley Bassey songs – ranked!
As a new compilation with unheard material is released, we assess the Cardiff legend’s diamonds and deep cuts
Johnny Tillotson obituary
Country and pop music singer and songwriter who had an international hit with Poetry in Motion in the 1960s
Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands: the biggest hoaxes in pop
Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooled
‘The people of Glasgow frowned on all the spitting’: Peter Capaldi on his punk rock past
As he releases his ‘melancholic’ second album, the actor looks back on his youth in a struggling art-punk band – and explains how he took inspiration from putting the bins out
Dreamin’ Wild review – Walton Goggins and Casey Affleck are rediscovered 70s rockers in late-life fame drama
Goggins and Affleck play Donnie and Joe Emerson, whose album wins acclaim decades after it was made, but it’s rather a mono film
‘It ain’t over till one of us is gone’: the pop stars who refuse to bury the hatchet
Madonna and Elton John thawed their frosty relationship this week – but from Mariah and J-Lo to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, plenty more are still at loggerheads
Val Kilmer was electric as Jim Morrison in heroically ridiculous biopic The Doors
The late actor’s sense of mischief and self-doubt offset the bombast in Oliver Stone’s swaggering, staggering 1991 film
Everyday people: the parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs
After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits
Clem Burke obituary
Drummer with Blondie who provided the backbone of their string of hit singles and live performances
Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek by Darryl W Bullock – review
This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temper
Madonna and Elton John make peace after decades-long strained relationship
Briton apologised for his ‘big mouth’ and asked for forgiveness, saying he had written a song for the female star
Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate