Joel Paterson, "Let it Be Guitar!" (Bloodshot Records) Close your eyes, picture Chet Atkins pulling up a bar stool on the beach at Waikiki and coolly plucking out a surfy rendition of Paul...

Gruff Rhys, "Pang!" (Rough Trade Records) "Pang!" is another adventurous chapter in Gruff Rhys' fertile and eclectic and solo career, a collection based on mostly acoustic performances but...

Belle & Sebastian, "Days of the Bangold Summer" (Matador) Ask some people if they've seen a certain film and they answer "No, but I read the book." For their part, Belle & Sebastian offer...

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Emeli Sandé, "Real Life" (Capitol Records) Emeli Sandé's music has always leaned into the epic. Her clear, full voice powers sweeping anthems, most of which seem perfectly suited...

Charli XCX, "Charli" (Atlantic Records) Charli XCX could easily have turned in a safe, hit-heavy pop-dance album this year. But where's the fun in that? If Jack White is the mad scientist of...

Sheryl Crow has a lifetime of stories of hanging out with rock stars, pop stars, athletes, icons and music royalty, some even featured on her new collaborative record, but don't expect her to start...

Tinariwen, "Amadjar" (ANTI-) Tinariwen don't need to create a mythology for or about themselves. The story of this Western African band of nomadic Tuaregs from Mali includes exile, violent...

When the Black Keys last played a festival together in 2015, there was no grand plan to go an indefinite hiatus. They just stopped booking shows and they went home to Nashville, Tennessee to sleep in...

The international programme of events of Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir continues with a 2-legged concert tour of France, indeed Paris and Corsica, between the 6th and the 10th November 2019. In...