Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

Friday, 27 January, 2023

Best new album releases of the week

Sam Smith throws musical caution to the wind on Gloria

The singer has broken new ground, but their fourth album is less revelatory

Friday, 20 January, 2023

ObituaryDavid Crosby

David Crosby, musician, 1941-2023

Creatively radical Californian who pushed The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to break new ground

Friday, 20 January, 2023

Best new album releases of the week

Måneskin: Rush! — strutting songs of sex ’n’ drugs from Eurovision winners

The foursome’s new record offers plenty of fun, at least until the buzz wears off

Friday, 20 January, 2023

ReviewAlbums

Ryuichi Sakamoto: 12 — the sound of ongoing life

The solo musician and Oscar-winning composer has made a fascinating album of instrumentals

Thursday, 19 January, 2023

Music

Jackson Wang and China’s quest for a global pop idol

The patriotic star embodies a push for success in the west, but can C-pop emulate the soft power of K-pop?

Friday, 13 January, 2023

ReviewMusic

The 1975 give a house party with a very special guest

Matty Healy played the part of hard-drinking frontman at the band’s London show before making way for a star turn

Friday, 13 January, 2023

ReviewAlbums

Billy Nomates: Cacti — spiky, inventive and introspective

The Bristol-based singer-songwriter is fuller-sounding and less abrasive in her second album

Friday, 13 January, 2023

ReviewAlbums

Margo Price: Strays — off-piste country music with sharp lyricism

The singer collaborates with Jeremy Ivey on an album of porous influences and guest stars

Thursday, 12 January, 2023

ObituaryJeff Beck

Jeff Beck, rock guitarist, 1944-2023

Self-taught virtuoso was ‘most devoted’ of fellow 1960s guitar legends Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page

Tuesday, 10 January, 2023

ReviewArts books

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin — a self-help manual to unleash the musical artist within

The celebrated record producer muses on what makes pop stars tick with grand but often frustrating statements

Friday, 6 January, 2023

ReviewAlbums

Vulfpeck: Schvitz — inventive musicianship and good humour

The American foursome’s latest combines retro-funk and soul while putting a smile on listener’s faces

Friday, 6 January, 2023

ReviewAlbums

Iggy Pop: Every Loser — the rock wild man retains his allure

The former Stooges singer circles back to the proto-punk racket he made 50 years ago

Friday, 30 December, 2022

ReviewAlbums

Adrian Sherwood Presents: Dub No Frontiers brings global female voices to dub music

The producer is redressing the genre’s gender imbalance with guest stars from around the world

Friday, 30 December, 2022

ReviewAlbums

Lou Reed: Words & Music, May 1965 — an intriguing time capsule

An early tape captures the young musician performing songs later recorded by The Velvet Underground

Friday, 23 December, 2022

Life & Arts

The FT Weekend quiz of the year

What was the dance number that Elon Musk wrote? Which Oscar nominee returned to Ramsay Street? And who had the booziest Lunch with the FT? Thirty questions to test your knowledge of 2022

Friday, 23 December, 2022

ReviewAlbums

Backstreet Boys and Cliff Richard duke it out for Christmas album dominance

Old chestnuts get chintzy makeovers while Macy Gray and Chris Isaak also enter the festive fray

Friday, 23 December, 2022

ReviewMusic

Can Stormzy in a cardigan or Raye save the Christmas single?

Novelty act LadBaby threaten to dominate again but there are signs of resistance

Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

ObituaryTerry Hall

Terry Hall, singer, 1959-2022

With ska-punk group The Specials, he laid the foundations for the multicultural sound of today’s UK charts

Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

The FT’s best films, TV shows, podcasts and more of 2022

Best pop albums of 2022

Our critic’s picks from the past year include the Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar, Angel Olsen and Sudan Archives, as well as a surprise entry with Richard Dawson

Friday, 16 December, 2022

ReviewMusic

Spanish singer Rosalía brings rough and smooth to London’s O2 Arena — review

The Catalan star’s show exhilarated with its techno takes on traditional musical forms

Friday, 16 December, 2022

ReviewAlbums

Little Simz: No Thank You — surprise album secures rapper’s place at the top table

The winner of this year’s Mercury Prize returns with skilful rhymes about record labels and racism

Friday, 16 December, 2022

ReviewAlbums

Mount Westmore: Snoop Cube 40 $hort — rap supergroup offer lame lines and stuttering beats

Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too $hort are showing their age

Tuesday, 13 December, 2022

Music

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, Kanye — it tolls for Ye

Bipolar disorder and US politics have surely contributed towards the rapper’s dire situation, but music critics are also partly to blame

Friday, 9 December, 2022

ReviewAlbums

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie: Me vs Myself review — tough-guy rapper could do with more drama

The New Yorker croons in autotune but ends up repeating himself

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