Perth band The Crom looks back on successes of a great year in music Five songs recorded in Perth, Scotland have been heard around the world and topped an online radio chart. Daily Record · Jan 3, 2023
Adele’s ‘really bad sciatica’ leaves star ‘waddling’ during Las Vegas show The Hello hitmaker was reportedly handing out T-shirts to fans when she complained about her chronic back pain Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2023
Rolling Stone’s ‘Top 200 Singers Of All Time’ Is Causing Absolute Chaos After Bulk Snubbings Batman was also not on the list. Pedestrian.tv · Jan 3, 2023
Nyokabi Kariũki: the Kenyan composer using field recordings to conjure Nairobi from afar Kariũki’s intimate music summoned her home while she was stuck in the US during lockdown – and her darker new album delves into her experience of long Covid The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2023
Sam Fender surprises North Shields drinkers by performing new track at buskers night Brit Award winner Sam Fender surprised drinkers at his favourite pub in North Shields by singing a new track on Monday night Chronicle Live · Jan 3, 2023
Fred White death: Earth, Wind & Fire drummer dies aged 67 ‘Boogie Wonderland’ musiciain was remembered by Lenny Kravitz as a ‘true king’ The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023
Britain's top young business stars - from entrepreneurs to apprentices We look back at our young award-winners from 2022 Birmingham Post · Jan 3, 2023
Pioneering rapper and Three 6 Mafia member Lola 'Gangsta Boo' Mitchell dead at 43 Born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, Gangsta Boo was just 14 years old when she launched her career and was a member of the rap collective Three 6 Mafia. ABC News · Jan 3, 2023
Modest Mouse founding member Jeremiah Green dead at 45 Modest Mouse announces Jeremiah Green's death just days after revealing that he had been diagnosed with cancer. ABC News · Jan 3, 2023
Rapper Gangsta Boo of Three 6 Mafia dies at 43 Gangsta Boo, rap pioneer and former member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has died. She was 43. Los Angeles Times · Jan 2, 2023
Westlife set to return to Bangkok Westlife will make a comeback with their greatest hits and special surprises for Thai fans during "Westlife The Wild Dreams Tour In Bangkok" at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, on Feb 28 at 8.30pm. Bangkok Post · Jan 2, 2023
Rimpha Music Fest comes to Khao Yai Over 40 musical acts will take the stage during "Rimpha Music Festival 10", which will take place at Khao Yai, Thanarat Road, KM 21, in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima, on Feb 11. Bangkok Post · Jan 2, 2023
Earth, Wind & Fire percussionist Fred White dead at 67 Percussionist Fred White of the trailblazing Chicago-based band Earth, Wind & Fire is dead at 67. Tribune News Service · Jan 2, 2023
Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dies aged 67 The musician featured on many of the band’s hit albums and songs including September, Boogie Wonderland, Saturday Nite and Shining Star. The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023 Brixton Academy crush: Met Police issue new appeal as woman, 21, still in critical condition Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson died after the incident at the Brixton Academy in south London in December
Daily Mirror · Jan 2, 2023 Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dies age 67 as family pay tribute The musician died at aged 67, with his brother and bandmate Verdine White confirming the news yesterday in a statement
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2023 Anita Pointer obituary Singer with the Pointer Sisters on giant electro-pop hits including I’m So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Automatic
Edinburgh Live · Jan 2, 2023 Edinburgh life as it was in 2003 captured in 21 fascinating photos We're all having a hard time struggling to come to terms with the fact that 2003 was two decades ago, but what an eventful year it was for Edinburgh. We take a look at life in the capital as it was in the fourth year of the new millennium.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2023 ‘We had a seance to channel John Lennon’: how Wah! made The Story of the Blues ‘We got hold of a drum machine but there was no manual. That’s why the song has a weird conga pattern – we didn’t know how to delete it’
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2023 George Riley: the R&B songwriter and club kid who is switching on the joy Her acclaimed debut album came out of a dark place – but the experimental London musician has a new lease of life for 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2023 Gangsta Boo: Three 6 Mafia member and southern rap trailblazer dies aged 43 Musicians from Missy Elliott to Questlove have paid tribute to the trailblazing female rapper, who was 15 when she appeared on the Memphis group’s cult classic debut Mystic Stylez
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2023 Blue Bendy: the south London post-punk pop band who fried Wire’s brains The six-piece have shaken off the grotty post-punk associations of their scene to gleefully mix up inspirations that range from orchestral pop to industrial rock
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2023 ‘I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like Abba’ – Stephen Mulhern’s honest playlist The presenter loves a bit of Swedish pop and somehow still isn’t sick of Mr Brightside – but which tune led to his face swelling up like a balloon?
The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023 Foo Fighters to carry on as a band after Taylor Hawkins’s death Rock group said 2022 was ‘the most difficult and tragic year our band has ever known’ after drummer’s death
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 1, 2023 Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse drummer, dead from cancer at 45 Green was barely in his teens when he joined the newly formed Modest Mouse.