Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

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Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog returns with 2025’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled A Bit of Christmas. Every year for over two decades Goodwin puts together an annual mix of ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Artists “It was a terrible record to make. The arrangement’s so weird”: How John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp created a classic '80s No.1 Artists "Steve Lukather said: ‘I can’t stand it.’ He got 90% of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

This year’s outstanding tracks – from post-punk rap to indie-disco and operatic pop – as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers 20 Over a pared-back post-punk beat, Simz details her life’s “genius ...

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

Durban will celebrate Heritage Day with a major music event featuring Sjava, Big Zulu, and Lwah Ndlunkulu at the Old Mutual Music at the Lake concert in the Durban Botanic Gardens. The show, taking ...

You used to make mixtapes for your crush; now you can slide into their Spotify DMs by sharing a song. The music streaming platform has introduced a new “Messages” feature that allows users to share ...

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Singer Sjava spoke about meeting Lwah Ndlunkulu for the first time and creating magic in the studio The two artists worked on the hot song Home, and Sjava recently narrated how it came about Social ...