Collection of unreleased Marvin Gaye songs found in Belgium
Questions surround ownership of demo tapes reportedly left by soul artist as a thank-you to his Ostend hosts A collection of cassette tapes containing a...
Category : Music
Singer Aya Nakamura hits back at racist abuse over Olympics rumour
New track features lyrics ‘It’s them that don’t like me’ after far-right backlash against idea she could cover Édith Piaf song The French-Malian superstar Aya...
Swedish composer becomes Spotify’s most-famous musician you’ve never heard of
Johan Röhr’s 2,700 songs have been streamed 15bn times and have more plays than Britney Spears or Abba A “secret” composer who has released music...
Aya Nakamura, the pop superstar at the centre of a Paris Olympic racism storm
Outrage from the far right over rumours of a performance at the opening ceremony has exposed deep divisions in France She is the most listened-to...
Money, money, money: Abba’s Benny and Björn share in £900,000 payout
Swedish music stars profit from blockbuster year for Mamma Mia! production company Littlestar Services Abba stars Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have shared in a...
Björk turns up the volume in attack on industrial salmon farming in open pens
Icelandic singer condemns ‘terrible suffering’ of salmon farming with proceeds from her new single with Rosalía going to activists The Icelandic singer Björk has condemned...
Édith Piaf’s voice re-created using AI so she can narrate own biopic
In-development film comes after controversy around the re-creation of late stars’ voices, such as Anthony Bourdain Sixty years after her death, Édith Piaf’s voice will...
‘Can we save the wild salmon of Iceland?’: Björk releases song to fight fish farming
Singer talks about ‘lost’ song, a collaboration with Rosalía, and how artists pick up on the environmental emergency Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish...
Ireland’s embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics
Fans seen singing the Cranberries’ hit in stadiums but some Irish republicans are unhappy at revival Twenty years after a lethal IRA bomb inspired its...
Toto Cutugno whose song L’Italiano was No 1 across Europe dies at 80
Singer’s big hit, stuffed with cliches about Italian life, was irresistible to millions as far away as Russia and Georgia Toto Cutugno, the singer whose...
