Guardian Music

He signed Madonna, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and the cream of the UK underground – all while remaining closeted in a fractious marriage. Hear the story of a true music industry legend, Seymour Stein.

How have Atomic Kitten and Earth, Wind & Fire ended up soundtracking England's path to the World Cup semi-finals?

It lay out of sight with his ex-wife's family for 55 years, but a lost John Coltrane album can finally be heard.

The Ivor Novello awards have given the best contemporary song award to Question Time by Dave, a track that castigates Theresa May over Syria, the NHS, wage stagnation and her handling of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Taylor Swift was icy, Liam Payne slimy, while Christine and the Queens and Years & Years illuminated a bright pop future

Each time a song is streamed by a listener on Spotify, the artist earns an average of $0.00397 in royalties.

Lenny Kravitz picks out his favourite songs from his own back catalogue – from those trying to win his wife back, to those reflecting on his mother’s death.

"This was a relatable vulnerability for the awkward masses disenfranchised by the stubborn confidence of rock music." Kieran Devlin on the unique songcraft of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison, who has died aged 36.

From Florence + the Machine's new epic to Deafheaven's soulful screaming and Onyx Collective's post-bop jazz, there's something for all in our monthly roundup of new music.

25 years on from Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair explains how she wanted to break up the indie-rock boys club – and why she has scrapped her new album because she is so angry at Trump.

Read the incredible story of Continental Baths, the gay club frequented by Alfred Hitchcock and Mick Jagger which launched the careers of Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan – and where according to one patron,"by the time I’d left, I’d have had some sexual contact with 150 different people."

Kylie talks us through her favourite moments in her back catalogue, from her Nick Cave duet to the reflections on ageing on her new album Golden.

In honour of Record Store Day, DJs Debonair, Batu, Afrodeutsche and Dixon Avenue Basement Jams lead Guardian Music writers on tours of the best record stores in London, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow

Beyoncé's Coachella performance was a five-star knockout: "She makes it about far more than her or her career: it’s about black excellence, female power and the unrelenting possibility of self-belief."

Shawn Mendes will answer your questions on Tuesday 17 April!

New all-star tribute albums dedicated to Elton John and Johnny Cash are acts of brand consolidation – but tributes to lower-key artists can prove revelatory

Experimental music has thrived on Facebook's event network – but in the wake of the #deletefacebook movement, many of these communities are left with nowhere else to promote their activities

Lana Del Rey has said she has settled up with Radiohead over their plagiarism claim – so how similar are the two songs? We analyse them note by note.

More than big hair and leopard print: scholar Daphne A Brooks assesses Tina Turner's radical rock history.

A superb investigation from Thea de Gallier into how #MeToo is changing how we think about rock'n'roll groupies.

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Electronic/Psychedelic lo-fi pop music.

Free download/stream available on bandcamp and @ soundcloud.com/future-ancestor

Wait Until Dark is the debut EP from Future Ancestor.

This is a cover of Steve Wonder's Superstition played at North London pub, which i thought was brilliant and want to share it with.

One of the best ways to discover new music.

Nice page!! Watch my brand new YouTube Video: With a piano in the snow: "Waiting for Better Days" - Jon Harald Gjesdal

London's most creative not-only-jazz Orchestra, MIMIKA ! Search youtube video: Enter the Yadhe !

I just watched your live video of London Grammar - "Wasting My Young Years" - beautiful stuff, worth a 5-star review in itself :) Ned, August and After

I am Egyptian, I live in Egypt .. I fell in love with the City of London in 1996 .. Since then, a special day, I try to go there and have not had any luck ... Every time you .. even for a few days .. and I hope to see the city of London again .. I miss it very much ..: '(it's beautiful, beautiful, wonderful, .. maybe in another life to marry them .. I will live there :) ♡ ♡

Thank you so much

Thanks GuardianWitness , for running the Christmas song contest. Please listen to my song folks, and click on the 'recommend' button to help get my song a professional review and reposting by the Guardian. Guardian is my favorite British read. Glad for the music section...exceptional! (Spoiler: it's a pretty good song! Cat Stevens & Jethro Tull influence). I'm on page 12 of the entries. Thanks folks!

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www.futureancestor.bandcamp.com

Electronic/Psychedelic lo-fi pop music.

Free download/stream available on bandcamp and @ soundcloud.com/future-ancestor

Wait Until Dark is the debut EP from Future Ancestor.

This is a cover of Steve Wonder's Superstition played at North London pub, which i thought was brilliant and want to share it with.

One of the best ways to discover new music.

Nice page!! Watch my brand new YouTube Video: With a piano in the snow: "Waiting for Better Days" - Jon Harald Gjesdal

London's most creative not-only-jazz Orchestra, MIMIKA ! Search youtube video: Enter the Yadhe !

I just watched your live video of London Grammar - "Wasting My Young Years" - beautiful stuff, worth a 5-star review in itself :) Ned, August and After

I am Egyptian, I live in Egypt .. I fell in love with the City of London in 1996 .. Since then, a special day, I try to go there and have not had any luck ... Every time you .. even for a few days .. and I hope to see the city of London again .. I miss it very much ..: '(it's beautiful, beautiful, wonderful, .. maybe in another life to marry them .. I will live there :) ♡ ♡

Thank you so much

Thanks GuardianWitness , for running the Christmas song contest. Please listen to my song folks, and click on the 'recommend' button to help get my song a professional review and reposting by the Guardian. Guardian is my favorite British read. Glad for the music section...exceptional! (Spoiler: it's a pretty good song! Cat Stevens & Jethro Tull influence). I'm on page 12 of the entries. Thanks folks!

special thanks to the guardian music as i think .....................

www.futureancestor.bandcamp.com

Electronic/Psychedelic lo-fi pop music.

Free download/stream available on bandcamp and @ soundcloud.com/future-ancestor

Wait Until Dark is the debut EP from Future Ancestor.

This is a cover of Steve Wonder's Superstition played at North London pub, which i thought was brilliant and want to share it with.

One of the best ways to discover new music.

Nice page!! Watch my brand new YouTube Video: With a piano in the snow: "Waiting for Better Days" - Jon Harald Gjesdal

London's most creative not-only-jazz Orchestra, MIMIKA ! Search youtube video: Enter the Yadhe !

I just watched your live video of London Grammar - "Wasting My Young Years" - beautiful stuff, worth a 5-star review in itself :) Ned, August and After

I am Egyptian, I live in Egypt .. I fell in love with the City of London in 1996 .. Since then, a special day, I try to go there and have not had any luck ... Every time you .. even for a few days .. and I hope to see the city of London again .. I miss it very much ..: '(it's beautiful, beautiful, wonderful, .. maybe in another life to marry them .. I will live there :) ♡ ♡

Thank you so much

Thanks GuardianWitness , for running the Christmas song contest. Please listen to my song folks, and click on the 'recommend' button to help get my song a professional review and reposting by the Guardian. Guardian is my favorite British read. Glad for the music section...exceptional! (Spoiler: it's a pretty good song! Cat Stevens & Jethro Tull influence). I'm on page 12 of the entries. Thanks folks!

special thanks to the guardian music as i think .....................