As she announces an album version of her recreation of Bob Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert, and her classic Moon Pix turns 25, we appraise one of the alt scene’s finest voices

From a slept-on Chief Keef banger to an overlooked Taylor Swift classic and a neglected jazz Kenny, we reveal the older releases that have got us going this year

As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

It may be the most middle-class of events, but pink sheep, Scottish sarcasm and Stereophonics singalongs notwithstanding, it was still classy

Our countdown is complete, and top spot goes to a timely blast of identity pop – adding to a fine selection of albums that range from the socially conscious to the political, as well as pure slices of ecstatic rock and cutting rap

Young talents and old hands hit the road, intriguing festivals mix things up, and there’s the first posthumous release from Prince

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If a string section-enhanced Concert Hall celebration doesn’t formalise classic album status, what does?

Twenty years on, Chan Marshall remembers how it felt to write the album that became her ‘salvation’

Pop songs often walk an uncomfortable line between romantic obsession and stalker-like pursuit. Author Teddy Wayne shares 10 songs that helped him write about a lonely freshman in his novel Loner

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