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Letters: An awful racket? No, jazz is a joy

4209 days ago
Guardian MusicWhile Les Garner is probably not the only Guardian reader to regard jazz as "an awful racket", his suggestion that the music is "played and sung by those who can neither play nor sing in tune" hints at either aberrant critical faculties on his part o... more info

Amy Winehouse: in her own words

4288 days ago
Guardian MusicIn a previously unseen interview from 2006, Amy Winehouse shared her love for Sarah Vaughan, gospel music and the Shangri-Las – as well as recalling her first big breakOn her musical evolutionWhen I was younger, I didn't really listen to a lot of s... more info

Family life

4304 days ago
Guardian MusicReaders' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: Our hero, my great-grandfatherThis is a photograph of my great-grandfather, Petty Officer Stoker Edward Attwood. My family never knew much about him because he was one of the first men killed... more info

Bono, Bob Dylan and Ella Fitzgerald Among Rare Interviews Soon Available to the Public

4321 days ago
TimeIf you want an inside scoop on some of the biggest names in the music business over the last half century, you’ll need someone with inside access. Joe Smith, 84, former president of Capitol Records/EMI, had plenty of interaction with music’s supe... more info

80 years of Abbey Road

4331 days ago
Guardian MusicIt's the world's most famous studio and everyone from Edward Elgar to Ella Fitzgerald – and, of course, the Beatles – has made music there. Jon Savage on the unique musical heritage of Abbey Road StudiosAbbey Road would be unthinkable today. Just... more info

Eighty years of Abbey Road - in pictures

4331 days ago
Guardian MusicMusicians from Edward Elgar to Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Bush and, of course, The Beatles are photographed at the world's most famous recording studio more info

A$AP Rocky: 'We're grungy but we live like rock stars'

4339 days ago
Guardian MusicHe idolises John Lennon, doesn't disrespect women, and works with the most eclectic producers, but this Harlem rapper's main aim is to 'stay young'Harlem is changing. As the sun goes down on West 123rd Street, people with their possessions in shoppin... more info

Harlem v Hackney at the Apollo. Like anyone knows what Hackney is

4346 days ago
Guardian MusicTalent night at Harlem's illustrious Apollo Theater offered the chance to appear at London's Hackney Empire in JulyAmateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem has a long, illustrious history going back to the discovery of Ella Fitzgerald there in 1... more info

Lubriphonic call it quits, free download of "The Gig Is On" album

4401 days ago
Here Comes The Flood Chicago soul funk band Lubriphonic calls it quits. They are giving away their latest studio album The Gig Is On as a thank you to their fans: After 10 long years the band has decided to call it quits. They played coast to coast 200 plus shows ... more info

Idaho tribe touts 'Mrs. Swing's' Indian roots

4417 days ago
TopixThis week, the tribe introduced a resolution honoring Bailey in the Idaho Legislature, in part to convince the Jazz at Lincoln Center Hall of Fame in New York City to add her to its inductees - on grounds she helped blaze a trail for better-known sin... more info

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