MUSIC

FROM PSALTERS TO DOWNLOADS

Tim de Lisle — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:59:30 +0000

The MP3 is just the latest in a long line of ways of buying music. Tim de Lisle composes a short history ... read more »

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MUSIC

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:17:47 +0000

Some of us still have shelves of it, some download it, others stream it online. Simon O'Hagan spends a week with each of the main ways of consuming music in 2012... read more »

MAKE ME SMILE

Laura Barton — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:19:02 +0000

In the first in our new series, Mood Music, Laura Barton chooses eight songs to lift you up ... read more »

CHAIRLIFT APPLY THE EIGHTIES GLOSS

Hazel Sheffield — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:55:59 +0000

An accomplished second album from the Brooklyn duo puts Hazel Sheffield in mind of Tears For Fears and A-Ha ... read more »

WHEN MUM WON'T BUY YOU DRUMS

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:59:42 +0000

~ Posted by Charlie McCann, December 21st 2011 read more »

STILL AT IT

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:29:23 +0000

Pierre Boulez changed music in the mid-20th century. At 86, he is waiting for his audience to catch up ... read more »

THE PLAYLIST: THIS YEAR'S BELTERS

Hazel Sheffield — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:58:43 +0000

Which songs will ring out most memorably at this summer’s festivals? Hazel Sheffield marks your card ... read more »

THE TIRED REVOLUTIONARY

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:14:04 +0000

Remembering the furious poetry of Gil Scott-Heron ... read more »

WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

Simon Garfield — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:47:31 +0000

The rock star who wrote “Hope I die before I get old” is now 66. Pete Townshend of The Who tells Simon Garfield about life in a “celebration machine”—and the moment that was nearly his downfall ... read more »

BOB DYLAN'S CURIOUS DOTAGE

Tim de Lisle — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:19:34 +0000

Happy Birthday to Mr Dylan, who turns 70 today. He still tours, and tops the charts—but is he a golden oldie, or a tarnished one? Tim de Lisle decides ...
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