Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Leza Corban sang what would become the album's most successful song of all, ‘Sweet Disorder', which went on to win the 1995 ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Justin Jeansonne's rich sound and style, showcase an indefinable quality that makes him stand out from the rest. His songwriting is fresh, with hooks that make his songs memorable and soon to become ...

It was a fantastic year for new music, with some truly wild, innovative and ambitious albums on offer. These were 10 of the ...

Just like that, 2025 has come to a close. It has been another year of brilliant music: lets be honest, it's hard to have a ...

This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

Disco collided with Punjabi weddings in 1982 when West London vocalist Mohinder Kaur Bhamra recorded Punjabi D ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

With so many big names – Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift – and buzzy bands – The Last Dinner Party, Smerz – it’s ...

I’d love to counter all that by saying 2025 was an unambiguously great year for music—but that wouldn’t be entirely true ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...