Daily Newsletter, September 30, 2025

Went on my summer holidays to a converted arsenic mine engine house on the border between Cornwall and Devon. Absolutely no signal in the house, and no wifi. You go away worrying about what emails, what work, what gossip, what events you’ll miss, and come back and nothing has happened at all. Or rather, it […]

Under the influence? Certainly, but both the influence and its take here are quite great, thank you.

Group Inerane was part of a wave of bands that reset the defaults for northwest African guitar music a couple decades ago. Its members belonged to a scene of Tamachek (Tuareg) musicians who coalesced around Agadez, Niger and other desert towns. The music they created was brought to non-African ears by the Sublime Frequencies and […]

When recalling his formative creative experiences, Leonard Cohen a chance encounter with a guitarist on the street which established a path toward music.

"Ten publishers came after us immediately so we pulled it after a week"

Exploring one of the most divisive debuts of the 21st century.

Annette Peacock appear on Late Junction’s International Women’s Day Special on March 8. You can listen back to the show here New York composer and producer Annette Peacock is to make an appearance on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction tonight, in order to mark International Women’s Day (March 8). During this rare appearance she will […]

Kate Bush is set to re-release her much in demand compilation, 'Best Of The Other Sides, including both her B-sides and unreleased tracks.

Outkast are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their album 'Stankonia' with a 3-vinyl set packed with music and merchandise.

Top Fiver Picks For Your Fall Reading List

New novels by Thomas Pynchon and Brandon Taylor; memoirs by Susan Orlean, Malala Yousafzai and Tim Curry; the conclusion of an epic fantasy series by Philip Pullman; and more.