Latest articles by Beth Simpson
"His voice and his talent will be missed": R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died, aged 75
He had suffered a stroke just days previously
“I don't know what you have to be so proud of right now": Black Crowes booed at gig in Tampa, Florida
It started when section of crowd started chanting ‘U-S-A!’
“The thoughts, prayers and love of fans are deeply appreciated”: R n B singer Peabo Bryson has suffered a stroke
He was celebrating his fiftieth year in the music business in 2026
"We play it at three times the speed or in a reggae or funk style": Bluetones on their biggest hit
Slight Return reached Number Two in early 1996
“More divisive than what I agreed to be a part of”: Bret Michaels excuses himself from the ‘Great American State Fair’
But you can see Milli Vanilli
“Success is increasingly becoming tarnished”: CMAT confronts social media abusers in a candid, emotional post
Singer says: “Every environment I am placed in becomes more hostile”
“Working with power tools is therapeutic”: Jack White opens an exhibition of ‘hardware store art’
Includes his ‘sonic bench’ you can plug a guitar into
“Everyone misses them. It’s not just me”: McCartney on loss, early memories, cookies and emojis
And the radio play that inspired Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
The single that launched Hootie & The Blowfish, the most unlikely mega selling band of the '90s
Their debut album sold 22 million
Thom Yorke joins Flea for 10-minute Marvin Gaye jam at Chili Pepper’s only solo UK date
They played Got To Give It Up
"A simple act that can make a powerful difference": Metallica to encourage blood donation in run up to Cardiff gig
If you got blood, they want it...
“Who’s gonna tell Rivers it’s not private?”: Weezer frontman uploads a whole heap of acoustic covers onto YouTube
But did he mean to do it?
“It’s gonna be so tasteful what we’re doing”: Jack Osbourne claims plans for an AI Ozzy won’t be “lame”
But it is what he would have wanted?
“The most exclusive party of the year”: Watch Diplo DJ at his 6-year-old son’s kindergarten graduation
And he played his new single...
“I lost six months of scheduled work”: Linda Perry calls Billie Joe Armstrong a “pussy” for backtracking on collab
They got backlash from fans for working with Perry
“I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence”: Sonny Rollins has died, aged 95
Saxophonist was one of jazz’s greatest improvisers
“There was a feeling that this was the end”: The mystery of The Day Before You Came, Abba’s final enigmatic question mark
It was their final recording for 35 years
Paul McCartney recalls The Beatles' first US TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
Plus, Colbert sings obscure Elvis Costello song with its writer
Spotify and Universal confirm that fan-generated AI remixes and covers are coming
Fans will be able to create legal AI remixes
Harry Styles pays a very personal tribute to Thom Yorke at the Ivor Novello awards
There were also wins for Jacob Alon, Lola Young and Kae Tempest
“I just shut up and did whatever Brian told me to do”: The surviving Beach Boys talk about the making of Pet Sounds
Brian Wilson’s masterpiece turns 60 this week
“Inclusion is not charity”: Blind producer takes action against firm he co-founded
Robin Millar says he was denied support after cancer surgery
“I was like ‘That’s not my one’”: Dave Grohl recalls the time Nine Inch Nails laughed at him
“They’re like ‘come in here’. I walk in the control room, and they’re like ‘tell me where you think the one is?’”
