The initial idea for the song first came to Andrew Farriss as he was climbing into a cab to take him to an airport. It was early 1987 and Farriss was flying to Hong Kong, where Michael Hutchence lived ...

Madé Kuti, son of Femi, grandson of Fela, is carrying on the family's Afrobeat tradition with distinction and originality. For his debut 2022 album Forward (which we discussed at the time), Madé ...

Sean Paul capped off a global dance party at Bluesfest on Thursday with a main-stage performance that turned up the heat as ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, poetry slam and drag king competitions are in town, it’s Bastille Day, the Somerville International Film Festival returns and there’s a ...

Some Remain the alternative indie punk band from Sligo, Ireland, initially formed from busking on the streets of Sligo. Having now played all over the country delivering chaotic noise in their high ...

The reason I’m back, along with my chums Adrian Stonley (reviewer) and Cris Watkins (photographer), is for the inaugural ‘Forever Now’ festival which is a celebration of “the best of alternative ...