Record label bosses’ tone-deaf response to the plight of starving musicians shames the industry
In a combative exchange with MPs, music heavyweights refused to admit that streaming makes artists poorer. When will they listen?
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Laugh your way through Blue Monday with our cultural survival guide
Soul-stirring musicals, bawdy books, comedy old and new… Our writers pick the culture guaranteed to cheer you up - even on Blue Monday
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Phil Spector’s sublime music will be heard long after its poisonous creator has been forgotten
The maniacal producer tuned pop into truly great art, making classic after classic – and his evil deeds don't change that
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Phil Spector’s final interview before jail: ‘I have devils inside that fight me’
Three weeks before his arrest for murder, the late music producer gave his first interview in 25 years to Mick Brown. Here it is, in full
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In spite of Covid, Celtic Connections shows Scottish folk music has never been healthier
The 2021 edition of the Glaswegian folk festival may be online, but its opening weekend was a rich showcase for music familiar and far-flung
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Each European nation has its own rich and complex culture – there’s no such thing as 'European music'
Every nation’s classical music is different from its neighbours’, and full of apparent opposites too
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Behind the music
The stories behind the greats - a celebration of musical nostalgia
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When Phil Spector threatened to kill Leonard Cohen: the gun-crazy creation of Death of a Ladies’ Man
How an awkward business arrangement between two volatile stars ended in a furious Mexican stand-off – and a very strange album
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Steve Jones's Sex Pistols life is stranger and filthier than fiction – can Danny Boyle do it justice?
Danny Boyle will direct a TV biopic about the Sex Pistols starring Maisie Williams, spanning substance abuse, sex addiction and kleptomania
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‘Five Years, what a surprise’: how David Bowie made his most moving song
An anthem, a mystery and a sci-fi lullaby, Bowie's beloved song takes on new meaning five years after his death. But what does it mean?
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The musicians and celebrities who stood by Donald Trump
The latest award of two National Medals of Arts was a surprise, because the arts world has never been pro-Trump. Who has bucked the trend?
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‘I'd love to own the Beatles’: meet the man spending millions buying up your favourite songs
Buying back catalogues of stars including Shakira and Neil Young is likely to make music investment company Hipgnosis $30b. Who's behind it?
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Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs, review: when you're this angry and inventive, who needs tunes?
The hyper-influential British duo's bilious new album is unlikely to win over new converts but is as good as anything they've ever done
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Why musicians are falling back into addiction during lockdown
Missing the buzz of performing and with limited creative outlets, many bored and stifled musicians are falling back on old vices for comfort
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God bless TikTok: at last, we’re reviving the saucy sea shanty!
The 18th- and 19th-century musical craze has found a new audience. Welcome to the most hearty, drunken and very British of genres
