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“How does the vocal melody fit the chords? It kind of… doesn’t”: A music professor breaks down Sabrina Carpenter's Grammy-nominated Espresso

We put this "finely engineered product of the pop machine" under the musical microscope

MusicRadar · Feb 2, 2025

How to watch and stream the Grammy Awards ceremony, red carpet arrivals and interviews

The 67th annual Grammy Awards are set to recognize some of the most talented performers and biggest hits in pop music, with different ways to watch the festivities

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025

Mississippi Goddam at the Royal Festival Hall review: thunderous Nina Simone tribute

4/5 Laura Mvula and Corinne Bailey Rae were among the performers at this staggering tribute to Nina Simone, reports Marian Salari

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025

“We were young and excitable and we wanted to do something different. We wanted to wrest Irish music away from its custodians”: The inspirational story of Horslips, Ireland’s original Celtic Rock band

Horslips put celtic rock on the map and paved the way for U2

Louder · Feb 2, 2025

Beyoncé announces Cowboy Carter tour ahead of Grammys ceremony

Singer is set to tour her country album later this year

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025

“Neil is the only one that would be a big fan of the band and then get rid of Eddie”: how Pearl Jam and Neil Young came together to make Mirror Ball

The grunge superstars learned a lot when they teamed up with the rock veteran to make his 1995 album, but they regret not putting their name on it

Louder · Feb 2, 2025

Is It Beyonce's Time? Music's A-listers Ready For The Grammys

Music's elite are congregating in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy awards, and Beyonce's name is on the tip of everyone's tongue: will Recording Academy voters finally give the megastar her due?

International Business Times · Feb 2, 2025

“It had a 13-minute spoken-word black mass on the B-side”: The mysterious late 60s album that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt says invented Satanic rock

Six months before Black Sabbath released their landmark debut album, another band were praising Satan

Metal Hammer · Feb 2, 2025

Inhaler singer Elijah Hewson: ‘I’m 25 now – I’m getting old’

INTERVIEW: The Dublin chart-toppers are back with their third album, the pop-skewing ‘Wide Awake’. Ahead of its release, the band sit down with Mark Beaumont to chat about acclimatising to arenas, quarter-life crises, ‘nasty’ politicians – and why their frontman being the son of rock luminary Bono only made them…

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025

Taylor Swift and Beyonce to go head-to-head for best album at 2025 Grammy Awards

The 67th award ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025