Music

Taylor Swift’s crowning as TIME’s Person of the Year is a prime example that our culture must appeal to the lowest common denominator

Each new performance is a comment on his genius.. and his vile antisemitism

The Labour leader’s love of EU anthem Ode to Joy has caused faux outrage.. and hopes that he might just be a Rejoiner after all

A journey on the Paris Métro can be a kaleidoscope of cultures, stories and impromptu musical performances

There was no other with his extraordinary improvising in the medium

Vast, desolate and magically odd – what is it about Iceland that makes musicians so desperate to record there?

She is a one-off and her memoir reads as such

A new book by photographer Kevin Cummins captures the ghost of the Thin White Duke in the German city he once called home

Joe Biden is too old and Donald Trump is too divisive – is a Taylor-made change on the horizon?

The American actor's solo show is eloquent - if sometimes self-indulgent

The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas is framed around a catalogue of operatic demises

Currently touring the UK, the NSOU’s Kyiv rehearsals are regularly interrupted by drone attacks

Britain’s young classical musicians find their futures have been stolen as Brexit wrecks their opportunities

It may be 40 years since the death of Klaus Nomi, but the otherworldly, avant-garde icon of European pop seems more relevant than ever

Ivo Josipović, Croatia’s former president and self-confessed Beatles obsessive, has composed his own opera about the murder of John Lennon

Patti soared to fame pre-radio and pre-gramophone, making her stardom all the more impressive

Thanks to French singer-songwriter Jain, the life of Miriam Makeba has had a recent renaissance on social media

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

The Northern Irish rockers on Brexit, Britpop and their blistering new album

Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond highlights issues found at the very heart of the nation

This year’s Festival d’Avignon – a celebration of song, music and dance – kicked off with a rebellion against Brexit

Dalí! Hollywood! Rotten eggs! The German electro-rockers pushed more than just musical boundaries

Restrictions are hampering musicians' ability to work in the EU

To the end, the German remained convinced that revolution was in the best interests of the people

How a Swiss DJ and a British label turned an old tape of Bulgarian singers into a global underground hit

The world’s musical elite gather in Switzerland for the Verbier Festival to entertain and teach, rather than take over the world

Brexit has made touring a logistical nightmare for artists. Just ask Kate Stables, aka This Is The Kit

Music isn’t something the French have ever truly excelled at. But, I’m slowly being won over

The city is celebrating its past and future on Saint Christopher’s day

Spain's rock’s greatest frontman was silenced by “sand in my lungs”. Now, miraculously, he’s back

Aqua were right: we’re all Barbie girls and we’re all living in a Barbie world