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‘You’re Beautiful by James Blunt is terrible!’: Paloma Faith’s honest playlist

The singer hates a certain James Blunt megahit and feels empowered by Chaka Khan, but which Aussie bard does she think wrote the best song of all time?

The Guardian - UK

Courtney Love: “Taylor Swift is not important. She’s not interesting as an artist”

She’s never held back, and Courtney Love isn’t about to start now. With a new BBC radio series hitting the airwaves, the rock legend and honorary Londoner tells Dylan Jones that while she champions women in music, she’ll sure as hell never be a Swiftie

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Gabriels live at Ronnie Scotts review: one of London's best gigs in years

Playing into the wee hours at the iconic jazz bar, Jacob Lusk put on a memorable show for BRITs Week 24 for War Child in Soho

Evening Standard

Perfect Days review – Wim Wenders’s zen Japanese drama is his best feature film in years

The German director makes a strong case for simple living with this achingly lovely tale starring Kōji Yakusho as a Tokyo public toilet cleaner who finds quiet joy in the world around him

The Guardian - UK

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor celebrates Black History Month by honoring inspirations

Discover how Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor celebrates Black History Month by honoring artists who inspire her, including Prince and Nina Simone. Learn more in PEOP...

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"Without Black culture, hardcore wouldn’t even exist": Zulu are calling for unity and cultural recognition in the modern alternative scene

Zulu's debut A New Tomorrow mixed hardcore with the likes of Nina Simone, Bob Marley and Curtis Mayfield, but the band are planning even bigger things in future

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32 Icons of the 1960s

As iconic today as they were at the time.

Marie Claire

Rambert: Death Trap review – a double bill of despair from Ben Duke

The 2017 piece Goat, made in the aftermath of London terror attacks, loses its way but last year’s Cerberus is a powerful account of grief

The Guardian - UK

Judi Jackson: My American Songbook review – a brave musical expedition

Spanning Randy Newman to Nina Simone, the US singer’s medley of favourite tunes showcases her powerhouse vocals, which outshine her backing band

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Jamie Oliver returns with five essential ‘hero’ ingredients

The inventive chef offers a series of simple hacks that actually work. Plus, Panorama’s Challenging Putin – Moscow and the Mutiny. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Global temperatures soared to new record in September

Scientists are stunned by the hottest September on record; plus, the world’s third most powerful wind gust

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Simone on loving and fearing her mother Nina: ‘On my 16th, she cursed the day I was born’

As the only child of the legendary musician and civil rights activist, Lisa Simone experienced her mother’s brilliance – and her rage. She talks about the joy, the pain and how they finally made peace

The Guardian - UK

Real-life ‘Doc Martin’ village in Cornwall finally hires a GP - after locals made pop video to attract one

Villagers made a song to the tune of Nina Simone’s iconic hit Ain’t Got No, I Got Life to try and woo a doctor.

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Nina Simone is first black person to be Desert Island Discs’ most selected artist of year

Exclusive: Analysis shows change in guests and tastes help jazz musician keep classical music off top spot

The Guardian - US

Springsteen, Dolly Parton and the Killers: songs presidential candidates think make them look good

From paranoia-tinged GOP favorite Mr Brightside to a Mozart banger, you can learn a lot from music a person pretends to like

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh my God, this is like recording Nina Simone’: David Holmes on producing Sinéad O’Connor’s final album

Over the last five years, O’Connor and Holmes made an unreleased album about healing. He recalls his time working with ‘the purest voice we will ever hear’

The Independent UK

Nina Simone’s lost set at 60s Newport Jazz Festival released as an album

Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good

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The Independent UK

Nina Simone’s lost set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival released as an album

Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good

The Guardian - UK

Nina Simone’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Ahead of an album of previously unreleased 1966 live recordings, we appraise the strident, sexual, socially conscious songcraft of a truly indomitable artist

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9 of the best music documentaries to watch this weekend (Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video)

Banish your Glastonbury blues by streaming a brilliant music documentary this weekend.

The Guardian - UK

Smoke on the water, and music in the air: the magic of Montreux, Switzerland

The town’s fabled music festival is just one side of a place that is framed by natural beauty to hike through – and wine heritage you can savour

The Guardian - UK

Bettye Lavette: Lavette! review – more heart-on-sleeve power from the soul veteran

Backed by a superb session band, Lavette continues her renaissance with an album of songs that play to her considerable strengths

Metal Hammer

Nina Simone, Bob Marley and powerviolence: why Zulu are the most vital hardcore band of 2023

Code Orange and Turnstile might have put hardcore back on mainstream radars, but LA's Zulu are paving the genre's future

Los Angeles Times

Venus Williams and artists are helping to restore Nina Simone's childhood home

Venus Williams is helping to save the childhood home of music icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone.

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