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What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/23/whats-missing-everything-but-the-girls-20-greatest-songs-ranked #EverythingButTheGirl #Music #PopAndRock #DanceMusic #Indie #Drumnbass #Culture

What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With their sublime confection of heartbreak and dancefloor power, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have never sounded like anyone else. Thirty years since Walking Wounded, here’s the duo’s very best

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US 7h ago

Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/23/noah-kahan-the-great-divide-review #NoahKahan #Music #Culture #PopAndRock

Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review – Stick Season turns Groundhog Day in stadium folkie’s endless autumn

All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town life

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US 1d ago

‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/22/african-pop-panic-global-success-afrobeats-rema-burna-boy #PopAndRock #Music #Culture #Africa #Nigeria #Ghana #BurnaBoy

‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success?

Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change course

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/22/dave-mason-co-founder-of-traffic-solo-career-dies-aged-79 #Music #PopAndRock #Culture #UkNews #UsNews

Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79

British singer and guitarist wrote and performed Traffic classics including Feelin’ Alright? before platinum-selling solo albums and work with Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and more

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 2d ago

Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds family band, dies at 76 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/21/alan-osmond-dies-family-band #PopAndRock #Music #Culture #UsNews #Mormonism

Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds family band, dies at 76

Alongside siblings Donny and Marie, the musician was a 1970s teen idol with family hits like Crazy Horses

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US 3d ago

Madonna: I Feel So Free review – album teaser offers hypnotic glimpse of a return to her club scene roots https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/18/madonna-i-feel-so-free-review-album-teaser-hypnotic-glimpse-return-club-scene-roots #Music #Culture #Madonna #PopAndRock

Madonna: I Feel So Free review – album teaser offers hypnotic glimpse of a return to her club scene roots

The ‘Queen of Pop’ conjures the heady vibes of a small hours dance floor with this exceptionally crafted single

The Guardian

Opinion | The Guardian US 4d ago

Lesbians are reclaiming Madonna as we await her new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II | Tiff Bakker https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/19/madonna-confessions-on-a-dance-floor-part-ii-lesbians-gay-men #Madonna #PopAndRock #LgbtqRights #Music #Culture #UkNews

Lesbians are reclaiming Madonna as we await her new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II

The singer is not only a hero for gay men. For a young lesbian like me in the 1990s, she was an object of desire and an inspiration, says Tiff Bakker, a New York-based writer

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US 6d ago

Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead review – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/17/olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead-review-single #OliviaRodrigo #Music #Culture #PopAndRock

Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead review – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive

On this giddy first taste of the US pop star’s third album, she sets aside her rock bona fides to revel in the opulent flush of a crush-come-true. But why does it seem so doomed?

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US 6d ago

Add to playlist: the sweaty, unvarnished electropop of Punchbag and the week’s best new tracks https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/17/add-to-playlist-punchbag-best-new-tracks #Music #Culture #PopAndRock

Add to playlist: the sweaty, unvarnished electropop of Punchbag and the week’s best new tracks

The sibling duo’s follow-up EP spikes their off-kilter pop with new darkness, adding atmospheric balladry to their glorious racket

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US 6d ago

‘He’d gaze at the stars and go: I’m gonna be up there one day’: Prince by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/17/gaze-stars-gonna-be-up-there-one-day-prince-those-who-knew-him-best-10-years-after-death #Prince #PopAndRock #Music #Culture #GeorgeClinton #Film

‘He’d gaze at the stars and go: I’m gonna be up there one day’: Prince by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death

From lurid pranks and late-night drives, to why playing in the Revolution was like joining the marines – Prince’s friends and collaborators recount their memories of one of the music world’s most majestic and mercurial performers

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