Album Reviews Album reviews: Compilation album Light in the Attic & Friends is full of blues, soul and funk treatsElsewhere, Harp’s new album brings to mind 1960s psychedelia-pop songwriters and 1970s UK prog-rock bands
Album Review Album reviews: Peter Gabriel is back in the Big Time with first original album in over 20 yearsPeter Gabriel, i/o (Real World) ****
Books Book review: Boy George settles old scores in ‘ego-ridden’ third autobiography KarmaThe Culture Club star reunites with the ghostwriter of his first autobiography to address past errors and settle petty scores in a ‘gratuitously gossipy book’
Music Album reviews: Special guests join Dolly Parton for a rock-out recording projectThe septuagenarian songstress’s 49th studio album feels like a marketing ploy, with a questionable choice of tracks
Album Reviews Album reviews: Viral TikTok singer PinkPantheress impresses on pop fusion debut Heaven KnowsThe artist (also known as Vicky Walker)’s debut album confidently cherry-picks from a broad range of contemporary pop-music styles
Interview Clare Dunne on getting noticed, switching from stage to screen, and gender-swapping in Peter PanDespite being involved with theatre since the age of 12, the actor and ‘all-round storyteller’ says she’s only now starting to feel a sense of acceptance and ownership of her success
Album Reviews Album reviews: Van Morrison’s latest celebrates the early rock ’n’ roll songs that made him Elsewhere, art-punk legends make songs of dissonance and dystopia; and a country singer’s style is imbued with real soul and electrified blues
Album Reviews Album reviews: James Blunt’s latest is as cheerfully unmemorable as you’d imagineElsewhere, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr releases an excellent best-of collection; and a rocking, rollicking pub band may be best left in the pub
Album Reviews Album reviews: You’ll be Crazymad for CMAT’s charming second albumCiara Mary-Alice Thompson delivers self-effacing humour, personality and oodles of insight in new album
Album Reviews Rolling Stones pull out a twilight triumph with Hackney DiamondsThe band haven’t released a relevant record in over 40 years, but the wait was worth it as they return with a certifiable creative resurgence
Interview Nell Mescal on sibling rivalry, music’s osmosis effect, and figuring out what being an artist meansCreative self-expression came early and easily to the singer-songwriter, who became serious about music while recuperating from traumatic spinal surgery and teasing out her emotions
Album Reviews Album reviews: Sharper lyrics, same old music in ‘new’ Ed Sheeran releaseThe English singer-songwriter’s seventh studio album deviates little from his previous six
Books Book review: How a prince of Goth found salvation in the gloomFormer member of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst, explores the genesis of the subversive, dark-hued yet comforting genre whose cultural legacy lives on
Music Album reviews: Waters attempts to eclipse Dark Side of the MoonOriginal Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has a go at re-inventing the classic 1970s album, and occasionally succeeds
Books Book review: Real to Reel is a gorgeous retelling of Claddagh founder’s love affair with tradSumptuous coffee table book and album set recounts the story of Garech Browne,
Music Album reviews: Mick Flannery’s Goodtime Charlie tells vivid, evocative stories about ordinary peopleAn apt follow-up to his 2021 album In The Game, Flannery’s latest is musically exploratory and well worth a listen
Album Reviews Album reviews: Olivia Rodrigo masters the art of credible storytellingThe American singer-songwriter tells her tales of poignant pain with an authenticity that belies her young age
Interview Booker-longlisted novelist Elaine Feeney on childhood, the music of language and the power of placeUnlike many creative people, the Athenry author of How to Build a Boat has never felt the urge to escape from her past
Album Reviews Album reviews: Fizz find strength in some mighty numbersFour solo artists from Britain and Ireland make the most of their combined skill in The Secret to Life, one of this year’s best pop offerings