Dion: 'When I heard my album sober, I thought "Wow – heroin didn't touch it"'
He was a street-tough doo-wopper, then a wayward cult legend. Now at 80, Dion is embracing the blues – and his status as one of the last rock’n’rollers standing
December 2014
Music blog
Bobby Keys: five great performances with the Rolling Stones, John Lennon and more
The great saxophonist, who has died aged 70, added a touch of style to countless records – here are five of the best
July 2014
G-Eazy: 'I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop'
G-Eazy looks like James Dean but makes songs like Drake – and he is sick of defending his right to rap. He tells Paul MacInnes about his love affair with hip-hop, his debt to the hyphy sound and how he built his brand
October 2013
Music blog
Lou Reed: Six of his greatest songs
From scoring heroin in 1967 to mourning those lost to Aids in 1989, here are six of Lou Reed’s greatest moments
November 2012
Earl Carroll obituary
Lead singer of the doo-wop group the Cadillacs
January 2012
The week in music
The week in music - in pictures
The week’s highlights from planet pop and beyond, starring Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Sinead O’Connor, KT Tunstall and more
July 2011
The G2 interview
Max Clifford: 'James Murdoch is too inexperienced to be in charge of the hacking scandal'
The PR guru talks about News International, the dark arts of PR and his own colourful past
June 2011
Let's Twist again
Fifty years ago, a new dance craze swept the world and changed for ever the way people move. Richard Williams, up on his feet when it first hit the dancefloor, celebrates the birth of a revolution
November 2010
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: motorbike songs
Last week was all about comebacks. Now we make a slight return to the topic of bicycles, but this time with an added engine
October 2008
Music blog
What music needs right now is a dose of doo-wop
Ben Myers:The sound of doo-wop is everywhere in modern pop and rock, and its simple, sugary charms are a breath of aural fresh air
November 2007
1000 albums to hear before you die
Artists beginning with D
From DAF to Bob Dylan.
Music blog
On tour: hanging with Dion
OMM and Robert Plant watch Dion
Music blog
Forgotten stars who still shine
Major talents can slip off the radar to the extent that people are amazed to find they’re still alive, including these notable examples. You may come up with some of your own.
June 2007
Soundtrack of my life
50 all-time teenage classics
Since the very dawn of pop, the teenage dream has been the subject of countless hits. From cutesy Judy Garland to the sparky Arctic Monkeys, Jon Savage picks those that matter most - this is the ultimate soundtrack to the best years of your life.
December 2006
Dion, Bronx in Blue
'I saw the devil himself'
November 2005
The Hives, Tussels in Brussels
(Polydor)
April 2001
The tiger unleashed
Ruby gets her claws out, Janet Jackson struggles to be seductive and Mark Mulcahy does a few vocal somersaults in this week’s pop albums
