From Can't Buy a Thrill to Pretzel Logic to The Royal Scam to Aja, the definitive ranking of Steely Dan's studio albums ...

Daniel Donato By the time the fifth studio album emerges, a lot of artists have pretty much found their sound. But not ...

As the Artemis II crew prepare for the first moon mission since 1972, we select the best songs about our lunar neighbour, from Ella Fitzgerald’s romance to Gil Scott-Heron’s social commentary ...

New York City’s April show calendar promises many opportunities to let go, whether you’re in the market for in-your-feelings pop, hip-hop-infused jazz or skull-rattling ambient metal. Read on for our ...

Indie artists are constantly finding AI-generated impersonations on their streaming pages, and its only getting worse ...

It’s been 40 years since ‘Dirty Work’, the album that almost broke up Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ band but, in time, ...

This is the last theartsdesk on Vinyl before Record Store Day. Our RSD Special will arrive on theartsdesk Thurs 16th April.

The hybrid album (part live, part studio) has always occupied an odd place in rock and roll music. But there have been some glorious examples.

Music has always had two layers. There's the glittering surface of pop stardom, stage lights, Billboard charts, and Grammy speeches. Then there's everything underneath: the composers whose scores ...

Live At Nelsonica & Clothworkers Hall Guitarist, singer and composer Bill Nelson’s career began with Be Bop Deluxe, the rock ...

Daughter of US blues legend Taj Mahal and sister of Zoe Moon, Deva Mahal has completed her Future Classic diptych with the launch of Vol II: Future. Interviewer Johnny Smith (Phys ...

The city’s music is spiritual, searching and defiantly local, even when it spreads worldwide. Hear tracks from Yusef Lateef, ...