2023
Tina Turner’s career might never have got started if a backing singer had not failed to turn up for a recording session of this song in 1960.
PJ Harvey returns with the first taste of her first solo album for seven years – a soothing and sinister ballad about birds… and Elvis.
I never much liked Blur. In the Britpop wars I was Team Oasis. I still am, at least where their first album is concerned.
Here are The Hives again, returning to the fray in their forties with a new song that shows they’ve lost none of their spark after 26 years together.
Sarabeth Tucek returns from a decade-long hiatus with a new abbreviated name – SBT – and a new album, Joan Of All.
Country veteran Rodney Crowell teams up with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on a collaborative album called The Chicago Sessions.
The Drums, now the solo project of Jonny Pierce, return from a five-year hiaitus with an anthemic electro-ballad, I Want It All.
Linda Lewis was the first female black British singer I ever saw on TV. They were a rarity in the early Seventies – in fact she’s the only one I can think of.
This month: a mix of old soul, punk, postpunk, reggae and contemporary classical from Stone Roses, Ruts, Police, Jam, Bauhaus, 10CC and more.
The Last Dinner Party are the latest buzz band to fly out of the traps in 2023. And their single, Nothing Matters, is a banger.