‘My education was in a bar’: Shania Twain on childhood, stardom, divorce and survival
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The record-breaking singer is back with her sixth album. She discusses deprivation, domestic violence and feeling triumphant after stage fright and surgery‘What’s your favourite track?” Shania Twain asks, about her new a...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/23/shania-twain-childhood-stardom-divorce-survival

‘He sounded great’: David Crosby was working on new album when he died, musicians reveal
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Folk-rock pioneer ‘writing, playing, singing his ass off and preparing a fantastic show’ in his final days, says guitarist Steve PostellDavid Crosby was working on a new...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/23/he-sounded-great-david-crosby-was-working-on-new-album-when-he-died-musicians-reveal

The Murder Capital: Gigi’s Recovery review – superlative downbeat rock thrills
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(Human Season)The Irish post-punk band go bigger and deeper on a second album that exudes muscular dramaThe Murder Capital’s lavishly poetic, intensely dour When I Have Fears was superb, an album so perfectly realised tha...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/22/the-capital-gigis-recovery-review-superlative-downbeat-rock-thrills-ethel-return-my-head

Måneskin: Rush! review – less haste, more speed for Italy’s glam rockers
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(Epic/Sony)The Eurovision winners’ third LP boasts gleaming production values and nuanced songs, but tries to tick too many boxesItalian rock sensations Måneskin have barely stopped since a 2021 Eurovision win plucked them out of th...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/22/maneskin-rush-review-less-haste-more-speed-for-italys-glam-rockers

Beyoncé makes controversial live return at exclusive Dubai concert
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US singer plays first full concert for more than four years to audience of invited influencers and journalistsBeyoncé has given her first full concert in more than four years, at a luxury resort in Dubai, for an audienc...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/22/beyonce-makes-controversial-live-return-at-exclusive-dubai-concert

‘We’ve always been very divisive’: Måneskin on fighting fascists and breakfast with Chris Martin
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First The X Factor, then victory at Eurovision, now a Grammy nod: the Italian glam rockers have taken the road less ordinary on their way to worldwide fame. So long as they can be themselves, they wouldn’t have it any other wayD...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/21/maneskin-eurovision-interview