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'Vote for Daddy Bernie, bitch': the political history of Cardi B
The singer has found herself in a number of spats over Trump’s shutdown this month, but she has always been outspoken
Read more » | Desktop version »Rafał Blechacz review – thrillingly direct and fiercely engaged
On a rare UK visit, the Polish pianist confirmed what an outstanding artist he is
Read more » | Desktop version »O Canada! Céline Dion and Drake each announce major UK concerts
Singer will play only European show of 2019 in Hyde Park, while rapper announces a UK arena tour, including six nights at London’s O2 Arena
Read more » | Desktop version »Bassiani: the Tbilisi techno mecca shaking off post-Soviet repression
After a police raid prompted mass protests, the defiantly queer nightclub became an emblem of a new, progressive Georgia. Its founders explain how they’re standing up to authoritarianism
Read more » | Desktop version »New Abba music postponed again, to 'second half of 2019'
A representative for the group says there will be ‘no release before the summer’ of their first new music in 35 years
Read more » | Desktop version »The Dandy Warhols: how we made Bohemian Like You
‘It was our wildest recording session ever. People were playing strip poker, wrestling and diving on top of each other as a heater shot out jets of fire’
Read more » | Desktop version »SoundState festival review – buzzing with ideas
From the sonic possibilities of a ping-pong ball to Rebecca Saunders’ terrifying timbres, the five-day new-music festival offered plenty to fascinate and outrage
Read more » | Desktop version »Judy Collins review – a love letter to the great American songbook
Collins is the consummate storyteller as she tours through music by Mitchell, Sondheim and ‘pathetic’ Dylan
Read more » | Desktop version »Fyre festival co-founder Ja Rule criticises new documentaries
Rapper claims Hulu and Netflix paid people involved in the failed music event for their participation in two new films
Read more » | Desktop version »Erykah Badu defends R Kelly: 'I love you. Unconditionally'
The musician says she’s ‘putting up a prayer right now’ for the R&B singer following a TV documentary that repeated allegations against him
Read more » | Desktop version »Lady Gaga says Mike and Karen Pence are 'worst representation' of Christianity
Pop star criticises US vice-president’s wife who teaches at a school that discriminates against LGBT students and parents
Read more » | Desktop version »Rumble: the story of the Native Americans who shaped rock music
In an eye-opening new documentary, hidden Native American figures are finally given credit for influencing a vast amount of popular music
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