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Manchester International Festival 2011: Damon Albarn's modern opera

5038 days ago
Guardian MusicDamon Albarn's new show explores the Elizabethan thinker and magician John DeeJohn Dee was born in 1527 to one of Henry VIII's courtiers. Growing up with a voracious intellect, he collected a huge library of rare and esoteric material over his lifeti... more info

Manchester International Festival 2011: Candi Staton interview

5038 days ago
Guardian MusicThe evergreen soul and gospel singer reflects on her unique career, and how she became an accidental rave divaWhat are your memories of the disco era?The fondest memory I have is hanging out at Studio 54 with friends, coming home at 4am, sleeping all... more info

Onwards, opera virgins | John Berry

5038 days ago
Guardian MusicWhen music and theatre gel, as Terry Gilliam did with ENO, the result can be unmissable artWhen a critic describes a production as getting "a riotous reception", as one recently wrote of ENO's reinterpretation of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night'... more info

Team Adele tops list of Guardian Music Power 100

5039 days ago
Guardian MusicGuardian releases list of the 100 most influential people in the music industry• Interactive: The Music Power 100• Blog: Find out the logic behind the list and have your say• The full list, at a glanceThey influence the song you wake up to and ... more info

Damon Albarn | The Music Power 100 | No 24

5039 days ago
Guardian MusicDamon Albarn has revealed himself to be one of British music's most ­invigorating renaissance menArtist: Blur; Gorillaz; the Good, the Bad and the QueenLabel executive: co-founder, Honest Jon'sFar from the knowing, ambitious rock frontman he was in ... more info

ENO to stage opera about 1985 hijacking of cruise ship Achille Lauro

5048 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Death of Klinghoffer focuses on murder of disabled Jewish passenger at hands of Palestinian paramilitariesOne of the most argued about operas of recent decades, based on the hijacking in 1985 of the cruise ship Achille Lauro by the Palestine Libe... more info

New music: Theophilus London – Last Name London

5050 days ago
Guardian MusicChallenging Danger Mouse and Dave Sitek for the title of most connected man in blog-pop, you won't forget this guy's name (mainly because he keeps telling you what it is)Brooklyn-based rapper Theophilus London is a well-connected man. Since his first... more info

Alan McGee Talks Oasis

5056 days ago
Stopcryingyourheartout.comUpside Down: The Creation Records Story, is the new documentary charting the mighty rise, spectacular cultural impact and peculiar fall of Alan McGee's notorious record label. The company, with McGee at its helm, released some of the most influential... more info

Owiny Sigoma Band: Owiny Sigoma Band - review

5067 days ago
Guardian Music(Brownswood Recordings)This Nairobi-London sound clash mixes traditional Kenyan Luo styles with contemporary western influences, and really works. The project started when Jesse Hackett and other members of the electronic hip-hop and soul collective ... more info

New music: Damon Albarn's 724th project this year ...

5068 days ago
Guardian MusicFor his next trick, the workaholic musician collaborates with Dan the Automator and Kid KoalaNever one to take a moment's respite, Damon Albarn's latest collaboration with producer Dan The Automator and turntablist Kid Koala has leaked online after b... more info

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