Amy Winehouse left trove of unreleased music
Thursday 28 July 2011
Amy Winehouse left a trove of unreleased music, but no decision has been made about whether it will be released, people close to the singer say.
Penn Badgley's Buckley role confirmed
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Penn Badgley is to portray Jeff Buckley in a new movie, it has been confirmed.
Julie Burchill: Something's wrong when it's only men who take out gagging orders
Thursday 28 April 2011
They say that no man is a hero to his valet, but in recent years the rise of the super-injunction has attempted to build a phoney shield of decency around selected celebrity sleazes rich enough to afford one. Though injunctions are modern inventions, their intention is as old as Adam; they seek to return relations between the sexes to the level of those idealised in Downton Abbey and shown in surprisingly harsh reality in the earlier and far superior Upstairs, Downstairs, when rich men could do exactly as they pleased to parlour maids, prostitutes and showgirls and get away with it.
Dylan Jones: 'Joan Wasser’s beautiful voice has been described variously as soul, jazz and thrift-store rock'
Saturday 05 February 2011
Her moniker is fairly unprepossessing. Joan Wasser started calling herself "Joan As Police Woman" to distinguish her solo singing career from her work as a violinist. Obviously. And it gives no indication as to what her music – or indeed her voice – might sound like.
Joan As Police Woman, Komedia, Brighton
Friday 04 February 2011
Joan Wasser, the New York singer-songwriter who goes by the fabulously barmy moniker Joan As Police Woman, may not yet be loved by the masses but she is a woman with an impeccable pedigree. A classically trained violinist, Wasser has played violin with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra, recorded with Antony Hegarty, performed with Rufus Wainwright and played sessions with Elton John. With her just-released LP, The Deep Field, she now has three beautifully-crafted, critically adored albums under her belt and a voice that can make even the most wooden-hearted listener weep. In short, she has paid her dues and done her time. So you have to wonder why Wasser now finds herself playing the second date of her tour in a cramped subterranean venue that conspires to suck the life and spontaneity out of any performance.
The Islamification of Britain: record numbers embrace Muslim faith
Tuesday 04 January 2011
The number of Britons converting to Islam has doubled in 10 years. Why? Jerome Taylor and Sarah Morrison investigate
The late giants of rock: Legacy of pop's tragic stars
Sunday 03 October 2010
Album: Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion (Atco)
Friday 09 April 2010
Jeff Beck has to be the most eclectic of the great guitar heroes, rarely restricting himself to a single mode across an entire album, yet without once abandoning the signature touches that enable one to recognise his hand the moment it strays across the strings.
The feral beast: Changing faces of 'Apollo'
Sunday 14 February 2010
More changes at the court of Andrew Neil as popular Apollo editor Michael Hall is toppled by Oscar Humphries.
Corinne Bailey Rae: 'I didn't want to do anything after my husband died'
Friday 29 January 2010
Album: Phantom Limb, Phantom Limb (Naim)
Friday 04 December 2009
Two years after forming at the end of 2004, Phantom Limb's progress was derailed when singer Yolanda Quartey fell ill.
Trailblazers: The Tragic Lives of Gram Parsons, Nick Drake & Jeff Buckley, By David Bret<br />Rock Roadie: Backstage and Confidential, By James Wright
Sunday 26 July 2009
My Fantasy Band: Jack Penate
Friday 12 June 2009
Vocals: Joanna Newsom, Kate Bush and Thom Yorke
They all have a lot of personality and I'd really like to hear them harmonise together. If they can perform one of my songs, that'd be the dream.
Album: Various artists, Moondust, (Heavenly)
Sunday 24 May 2009
The best ideas are usually the simplest, and Andrew Smith's quest to interview all the men who've walked on the Moon turned into an award-winning bestseller.








