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The John Lennon quotes that are still painfully relevant in this troubled world

It's been 36 years since the music icon's untimely death. 

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae album review: this clean break from her previous work is remarkable

The artist has pressed her own refresh button extremely hard, and the results are remarkable

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2023

Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We review: lush and strange country

If she tried playing those songs to Harry Styles’s stadium screamers she’d lose them instantly, but on headphones, ideally in the dark, she can mesmerise

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2023

Music Review: Corinne Bailey Rae explores every part of the emotional spectrum in 'Black Rainbows'

Who would you be if you didn’t have to fit into societal expectations

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Diddy made music a priority over businesses to create 'The Love Album - Off the Grid'

If Sean “Diddy” Combs had a choice, the self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur would be hunkered down in a recording studio rather than running his many successful businesses

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Tributes pour in for Amy Winehouse on what would have been her 40th birthday

Family, friends, and fans reflect on Amy Winehouse’s legacy

Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2023

Thirty Seconds to Mars returns with a new album that Jared Leto says will 'surprise' a lot of people

Thirty Seconds to Mars is back with a new clutch of songs born from the pandemic collected under a very long title

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Cat Power’s 20 greatest tracks – ranked!

As she announces an album version of her recreation of Bob Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert, and her classic Moon Pix turns 25, we appraise one of the alt scene’s finest voices

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

*NSYNC announce first new song in more than 20 years

The song is scheduled to be released on 29 September

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Post your questions for Spın̈al Tap bassist Derek Smalls

Fresh from playing Glastonbury in 2009, the courgette-crotch-stuffing bass player and botanist is back! With the sequel to the classic rockumentary in the works and a Barbie-hating single. Ask him anything in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023