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December 2023

  • Cleo Sol, Michael Kiwanuka and Little Simz pictured at earlier live dates – each performed at Sault’s debut show, official pictures of which have not yet been made available.

    Sault review – utterly astonishing debut show by UK soul enigmas

    Joined by string sections, choristers and teams of dancers, the eclectic collective – including Cleo Sol, Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka – lead an electrifying immersive event
  • Exclusive - Brittany Howard

    ‘Joni Mitchell said she felt as awkward as me’: Brittany Howard on poverty, chaos and fame

    The Alabama Shakes frontwoman became the toast of music’s A-list – so why did she feel so miserable? She reveals the grief and heartbreak she overcame to make her stellar new album
  • Jean Knight performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival in Louisiana in 1986.

    Jean Knight obituary

    Soul singer who had a multimillion-selling hit in 1971 with the irresistibly funky Mr Big Stuff

November 2023

  • A devastating jolt to the heart … (L-R) Beverley Knight, Azealia Banks and Jeff Tweedy from Wilco.

    ‘A reminder that life has to be lived’: the lyrics that got us through 2023

    A new Youth Music survey said that 93% of young people use lyrics as a therapeutic tool for mental health. Our writers share the lines they kept close this year
  • Jean Knight pictured around 1970.

    Jean Knight, soul and funk singer who had hit with Mr Big Stuff, dies aged 80

    New Orleans singer reached No 2 in the US with 1971 hit, and was nominated for a Grammy
  • a smiling Isaiah Collier in a red beanie and sunglasses, hands outstretched to the camera

    Isaiah Collier: Parallel Universe review – an inspired homage to the giants of jazz and soul

    Recorded in single-take live performances, the Chicago multi-instrumentalist deftly throws funk, gospel, soul and his own fine voice into the mix

October 2023

  • Sir Coxsone Outernational Sound System … reggae and other Caribbean music will be a focus in the new V&A exhibition.

    Immersive survey of Black British music to open V&A East museum in 2025

  • The Black Pumas’ Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada.

    Black Pumas: Chronicles of a Diamond review – swaggers from the speakers

  • Warm, understated and at times dissonant … Sampha.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Sampha: Lahai review – how to make an existential crisis sound sublime

  • FILE: Rudolph Isley Of The Isley Brothers Dies At 84<br>FILE - OCTOBER 12: Rudolph Isley, a founding member of The Isley Brothers, has died. He was 84 years old. FEBRUARY 1978: The Isley Brothers (L-R O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Marvin Isley) pose for a portrait in February 1978. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

    Rudolph Isley obituary

  • Gabrielle review – hip shakers, soulful sunshine and Dreams

  • Jamila Woods: Water Made Us review – tracing a relationship’s painful arc

  • Rudolph Isley, founding member of the Isley Brothers, dies at 84

  • Ranked
    The 20 greatest concert films – ranked!

  • Book of the day
    Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly Stone review – euphoric expression and drug-crazed chaos

  • The Q&A
    PP Arnold: ‘Rod Stewart and I had a close call with the law in the 60s. A nosy landlord let the police into my flat’

  • ‘I never lived a life I didn’t want to live’: Sly Stone on addiction, ageing and changing music for ever

  • The G2 interview
    Lisa Simone on loving and fearing her mother Nina: ‘On my 16th, she cursed the day I was born’

September 2023

  • Sola

    One to watch
    One to Watch: Sola

  • Cleo Sol lying on a bed looking up at the camera.

    Cleo Sol: Heaven review – soulful succour from the Sault singer

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