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Erykah Badu

November 2022

  • Swagger and spectacle … Erykah Badu.

    Erykah Badu review – an exhilarating moment in a star’s eccentric orbit

    The influential R&B singer bends past hits into fresh shapes and throws down covers in dizzying variety at the Southbank to celebrate 25 years since her debut

November 2021

  • Katy B

    Honest playlist
    ‘The whole Vengaboys back catalogue is sick’: Katy B’s honest playlist

    The dance-pop diva reveals what she really listens to, from the roots of her Timberlake crush to the enduring brilliance of I Will Survive

May 2021

  • Georgia Anne Muldrow laughing.

    ‘Black music is my superpower. It’s my way of showing love’: the art of Georgia Anne Muldrow

    The LA musician, who has unleashed another of her psychedelic funk and hip-hop beat tapes, talks about social justice, her time in Brixton and the battle over ‘woke’, a word she helped popularise

January 2019

  • R Kelly And Erykah Badu.

    Erykah Badu defends R Kelly: 'I love you. Unconditionally'

    The musician says she’s ‘putting up a prayer right now’ for the R&B singer following a TV documentary that repeated allegations against him

November 2018

  • Roy Hargrove performing at the Nice Jazz Festival in 2011.

    Roy Hargrove: 10 key performances, from bebop to hip-hop crossovers

    The American trumpeter, who has died aged 49, influenced a new generation of jazz artists with his soul and funk fusion

June 2018

  • Lights out … Erykah Badu on the Fader Stage at Field Day festival in Brockwell Park, London.

    Field Day review – shifting sounds tighten up London's festival scene

    Under orders not to upset new neighbours, Field Day got strict with its headliners – pulling the plug on an overtime Erykah Badu – while serving a jazzy lineup of fresh stars

May 2018

  • Erykah Badu

    'I'm not sorry I said it': Erykah Badu on music, motherhood and wildly unpopular opinions

  • Composite summer festivals: (clockwise, from top left) Alanis Morisette, Childish Gambino, Janelle Monáe and James Taylor.

    The best US summer festival lineups: from Janelle Monáe to James Taylor

February 2018

  • Sean Connery, Erykah Badu and Lee Ryan.

    ‘Hitler was a wonderful painter’: Erykah Badu and other career capsizing interviews

    From brostep pop stars to Hollywood veterans, we explore some of the problematic interviews that caused a furore

December 2017

  • Photo of Fela Kuti<br>UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1980: Photo of Fela Kuti (Photo by David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    Fela Kuti: Vinyl Box Set 4 review – dream present for Afrobeat fans

    (Knitting Factory)

August 2016

  • Composite of Corinne Rae bailey, Tweet, Gallant, King, Maxwell and K Michelle

    The best R&B of 2016 has nothing to do with Frank Ocean

    The release of Blond threatens to overshadow that this year has been a vintage year for R&B with artists from KING to Abra pushing the genre’s boundaries

April 2016

  • THE SLITS - 1970S<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Stevenson / Rex Features The Slits - Viv Albertine, Palmolive, Tessa Pollitt and Ari Up For G2 Girl Punk bands feature POSED

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs about feminism

    Our reader picks the best of your nominations on the theme – from sarcastic punks and accidental celebrations to a war on the glass ceiling

October 2015

  • Detroit Hip Hop Summit<br>DETROIT, MI - APRIL 26: Hip-hop artist DOC performs during the Detroit Hip Hop Summit Showcase at the State Theater on April 26, 2003 in Detroit, Michigan. The show was part of an all day and night Hip Hop Summit held in the city. (Photo by Bryan Mitchell/Getty Images)

    The DOC: rapper ready to get back in the game 26 years after vocal injury

  • Model Lineisy Montero on the Rochas Spring/Summer 2016 catwalk.

    Black hair: why it's time to stop politicising it

August 2015

  • Obama, according to Spotify, enjoys listening to Sly and the Family Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime."

    Potus playlist: Barack Obama shares his favorite summer tracks on Spotify

    The US president freshens America’s musical palate with a survey of tried-and-true classics and discoverable new artists ranging from soul to rock to jazz

July 2015

  • Katy Perry as Princess Mandee in Birthday, 2014 by Ryan Enn Hughes.

    Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and ... Lemmy: musicians as they really want to be seen – in pictures

    Gaga goes for metal gnashers, Erykah Badu gives herself a foot rub, and Katy Perry becomes a barmitzvah DJ. In the last few years, more musicians than ever before have stopped letting the industry dictate their appearance or which photographers they work with

May 2014

  • Erykah Badu performing in London in 2010

    Erykah Badu slammed for performing at King Mswati III's birthday party

    Singer lashes out after human rights advocates accuse her of supporting 'brutal dictator' after Swaziland appearance

April 2014

  • Matt Corby at Fremantle Park

    Australia culture blog
    West Coast Blues'n'Roots review: a day of beards, sequins, stagediving and song

    Elvis Costello confirmed that his mojo is still fully active while Edward Sharpe converted new disciples, writes Brendan Foster

March 2014

  • Kelis Plays Metropolis Studios

    Kelis review – 'Dazzling and distinctive classic-soul style'

    Kelis is thriving, demonstrating an instinctive, symbiotic relationship with her band that's reminiscent of Erykah Badu, writes Alex Macpherson

December 2013

  • Erykah Badu

    Fashion blog
    Erykah Badu is the new face of Givenchy – hurrah

    Lauren Cochrane: Creative director Riccardo Tisci described the singer as his 'dream icon' – and she leads a lineup of non-white models for the fashion house's new campaign

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