Various venues, CardiffBased everywhere from an Irish chain pub to an antiques centre, this slickly organised festival shows how varied and vibrant today’s indie scene isProwling the stage at Clwb Ifor Bach, the Murder Capital’s James McGovern sums up …
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‘Mozart would have made video game music’: composer Eímear Noone on a winning art form
The Irish composer and conductor – who’s worked with film director Gus Van Sant and on World of Warcraft – talks passionately about making game musicEímear Noone got into composing and conducting video game music by accident. One day, while studying mu…
Read moreCome blow your horn: the glory days of Ronnie Scott’s jazz club – in pictures
Since opening in 1959 in the depths of Soho, Ronnie Scott’s has been a haven for jazz lovers. Freddy Warren photographed the musical legends, from Count Basie to Sonny Rollins, who passed through during its smoke-filled first decade Continue reading…
Read more‘It’s something new’: how Mongolian rock band the Hu went viral
Combining ‘a blend of the east and west’, the Hu have found their way to 45m YouTube views, a smash hit debut album and the admiration of Elton JohnThe chant started long before the band took the stage.“HU!! HU!! HU!!,” yelled the crowd, at escalating …
Read moreHow Horrorshow’s world turned upside down: ‘It’s the kind of news that usually stops your life’
Within a year, both members of the hip-hop duo received devastating news. They held each other up, and made their most personal record yetGrowing up, Adit Gauchan was taught that life is suffering. Raised a Buddhist, the producer – who comprises Sydney…
Read moreNick Tosches: the writer who made his prose rock and roll
Tosches, who has died aged 69, wrote about everything from drugs to modern art – and his punkish music writing pricked the pretensions of his peersThe late Nick Tosches would doubtless have been furious to be described as a music journalist. He wrote f…
Read moreCher review – fabulous show turns back time and turns up camp
O2 Arena, LondonWith mechanical elephants, afro wigs and Elvis costumes, the glitz is dialled to Vegas proportions – and Cher is in superb voice throughoutFrom the stage of the O2 Arena, Cher is giving a speech. It started out as an anecdote about her …
Read moreSummer Walker review – pole dancing and ballads by sex-positive R&B star
Electric Brixton, LondonThe record-breaking singer is slightly stiff and nervous, but her gift for comic timing helps loosen her up‘I just need some dick” is certainly a direct way to manifest your intentions for the week ahead. That line from Summer W…
Read moreDrill rapper Rico Racks jailed and banned from rapping certain words
Ervine Kimpalu from London, who pleaded guilty to drug-dealing offences, must not use words such as trapping, connect and whippingRico Racks, a London drill rapper, has been jailed for three years for drug offences and issued with an order that forbids…
Read moreMötorhead members win inclusion on Rock Hall of Fame nominations list
US institution includes Birmingham band on 2020 shortlistOutcry from fans and long-serving musicians wins changeWhen Motörhead were nominated for induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, only singer-songwriter and bassist Lemmy Kilmister,…
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