music
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First look at Rihanna as Marion Crane in new Bates Motel trailerThe star plays the character made famous by Janet Leigh in Psycho in the latest season of the small-screen expansion -
Star to release triple album of classics from great American songbookThe collection, entitled Triplicate, will feature 30 reinterpretations of songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and others
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Drake review – the boy's got everythingThe Canadian star crams an impressive number of hits into his Boy Meets World show, which undulates and shimmers like a spectacular art installation -
Bruce Springsteen attacks Trump over 'Muslim ban'President’s US immigration policy is ‘anti-democratic and unAmerican’, musician tells audience in Australia – as other US stars voice their protests too
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Kim Wilde: how we made Kids in America‘It sold so fast, the people in charge of the charts thought it was a scam’
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Kairon; IRSE! – Nordic funk, freakout jazz and shoegazeFinnish prog band whose dexterous music ranges from dreamy pastoral passages to angular metallic surges
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Royal Opera to premiere new work by George BenjaminThe British composer, whose Written on Skin is one of the most acclaimed operas of our times, is collaborating with Martin Crimp again for a work that will debut in London in May 2018
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Mohsen Namjoo – why the Iranian Bob Dylan wants to be music's BanksyA revolutionary artist, in exile from his oppressive hometown, all Namjoo wants is to be anonymous so he can make music without having to pose for selfies
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Carole King releases new version of One Small Voice in protest against TrumpKing, who joined a women’s march through a snowstorm last weekend, says ‘millions of small voices is how we change the world’
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Mary Chapin Carpenter review – emotional heft, poise and protestThe US singer-songwriter stripped back her sound for an evening of tender, affecting storytelling
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BBC Total Immersion Day: Philip Glass at 80 review – variety, sheer difficulty and lots of arpeggios
BBC Total Immersion Day: Philip Glass at 80 review – variety, sheer difficulty and lots of arpeggios
Marin Alsop, the BBC Singers and others wished Glass a happy 80th with a career-spanning programme of his best and most challenging work -
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Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs present English Weather – the sound of the post-60s hangoverThe Saint Etienne crate-diggers have unearthed some evocative obscurities from that moment in British rock between psych and prog
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Migos: Culture review – bling culture’s Beatles don’t disappointThe Atlanta rap trio’s hotly anticipated second album is exuberant, gritty and seriously ambitious
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Share your songs about cheatingMake your nomination in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 30 January
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McCartney, techno and the Spanish civil war – what keeps UK music venues alive?All this week, clubs and stages are hosting special gigs for Independent venue week. Here, the people who run some of the best small venues in Britain describe what keeps them special
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video
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Inside Jamaica's most chilled-out reggae studio – videoThe Inna De Yard project invites legends of the Jamaican reggae scene to record outdoors, high up in the hills surrounding Kingston
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Watch a clip from The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak – videoPuppets and opera aren’t such strange bedfellows, as this exclusive video of Wattle and Daub’s new show proves
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Bruce Springsteen: 'We are part of the new resistance' in the age of Trump – videoThe rock star, who is on tour in Australia, says ‘our hearts and our spirits are with all the millions of people’ who marched against the new US president
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David Bowie remembered by two of his biggest fans – videoMusician Gary Kemp, a lifelong fan, and Nicholas Pegg, author of The Complete David Bowie, reflect on life without the Starman as they take a tour of some of Bowie’s London haunts
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Singer, songwriter, pop superstar: George Michael dies aged 53 – video obituaryGeorge Michael, one of Britain’s biggest pop star of the 1980s, has ‘passed away peacefully’ at his Oxfordshire home
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Donald Trump and Kanye West meet at Trump Tower – videoKanye West and Donald Trump meet at Trump Tower on Tuesday. Trump says the rapper is a good man
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The enigma of Kanye West – and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too
The enigma of Kanye West – and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too
Everything Kanye West does is an event, from the smallest interview to the biggest show. As he prepares to headline Glastonbury, one writer considers how West became the divisive figure he is
interviews
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‘My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies’About to turn 80, the composer talks about his slow, taxi-driving road to success, and why he is anything but a minimalist…
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The brave new world of pop’s brooding perfectionistsSolo success, confronting grief, sobering up… the feted London trio talk frankly about how the events of the past four years informed their new album, I See You
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‘This is the only thing I’m qualified to do. It matters how I do it’Ahead of his shows in Australia, the Boss explains the art of performance and never taking an audience for granted
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‘Grease is a lot more than kitsch disco’The duo’s album of lushly soulful covers, Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, is full of surprises – including the Bee Gees’ theme tune to the 1978 musical
quizzes
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How well do you know the life of Freddie Mercury?It’s the 25th anniversary of the death of the Queen frontman on 24 November – test your knowledge of his life and times
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Were you paying attention? Classical music in 2016 – quizHow many of the classical world’s comings and goings, openings and closings, bouquets and brickbats do you remember from the past 12 months? Try our quiz
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How well do you know the Triple J Hottest 100? Try our infinite quizThis quiz features randomised questions dynamically generated from Hottest 100 data between 1993 and 2014
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From Jessie J to Jerry Lee, how well do you know this week in music history – quizIt’s our weekly test of your knowledge of pop arcania – come and have a go if you think you know enough
in pictures
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Let's post: David Bowie stamps – in picturesHave a look at the set of stamps the Royal Mail is issuing to pay tribute to David Bowie, featuring six albums and four live tours
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A life in pictures - George MichaelSinger and songwriter, who has died at the age of 53, experienced huge fame with Wham! and forged a successful solo career amid run-ins with the British police and tabloid newspapers
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Rick Parfitt – a life in picturesStatus Quo founder Rick Parfitt has died aged 68 following complications after a shoulder injury
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The year in opera: Tristram Kenton's favourite photos of 2016Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton visits the dress rehearsals of all the UK’s major new opera productions and revivals. We asked him to pick his favourite images from the 40 or so he’s shot this year
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The enigmatic Godfather of GrimeThe Long Read: After more than a decade of being fetishised and then written off, grime now dominates British pop culture. To understand why, you need to understand the man who created it
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Desert Island Discs stars pick pop over classicalVarying background of modern castaways means Radio 4 show features more diverse range of cultures and musical choices
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‘Drugs were a crutch for me’Abel Tesfaye’s tortured, genre-bending R&B has brought him millions of fans, a triple platinum album and collaborations with Daft Punk and Beyoncé. Will mainstream success make him happy?
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‘Being the voice of a generation is not a pretty place to be’Their seventh album made them superstars. But the fame cost REM a band member and, nearly, their friendships. In a rare interview, five years after splitting, they discuss legacy, Trump and why they’re still sorry for Shiny Happy People
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He knew things about life, and if you listened you could learnThe great musician was a man who used songwriting as a way of making sense of a bewildering world
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The rising music stars to look out forFrom squat rock to laptop futurism, 2016’s most creative music is being made away from focus groups, major labels and publicists. Meet the most exciting independent minds in music
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