It’s peak summer in Portugal, and winter in Brazil. Between Diademo on the outskirts of São Paulo and my gentrified European ...

With his new book *Reach for the Stars*, Michael Cragg explores the backstage tears and Prozac prescriptions that fuelled the legendary stars of the new millennium, from Girls Aloud to Atomic Kitten ...

She’s really done it now – she’s gone completely mad.” That’s how Kate Bush later assessed the reaction to her fourth album, ...

Writing this the morning after a weekend fast wood firing ceramics at some kilns tucked in a corner the most researched woods in the world (Wytham, where foundational work on ecosystems was laid down, ...

The composer (fka Simon Bookish) evokes visionary worlds from the ruins of Nottinghamshire ...

Following new album Sentir Que No Sabes and ahead of her guest curation at this year’s Le Guess Who?, Mabe Fratti takes Laura Snapes through thirteen favourite records spanning her Central American ...

On Offshore, Nadeem Din-Gabisi speaks through a football kit clad alias to explore identity as a second-generation immigrant in the shadow of empire ...

During the earthly sojourn of Ziggy Stardust, Woody Woodmansey laid down the rhythm for David Bowie's mercurial backing band The Spiders From Mars. Here he talks Valerie Siebert through his 13 ...

As festive season darts mania once again takes over the UK with the annual PDC World Darts Championship, Travis Elborough travels back to 1979 and John Samson's documentary about the rise of Eric ...

On the verge of a new album and his final ever tour, Edwyn Collins takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from indie, soul and country classics to his encounters with Sparks ...

The new documentary from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis roots itself in the major themes of the pair's last few albums, grappling with grief and evolution, finds Emma Garland In 1999 Warren Ellis watched ...

Fergal Kinney traces Steve McQueen's two very different masterminds, its influence on Arthur Russell and Caroline Polachek, and the path not taken to a British indie both sensual and modern ...