'All that mattered was survival': the songs that got us through 2020
Mariah with butterflies, Bronski Beat in the Peak District, Snoop Dogg on a food delivery ad … our writers reveal the tracks that made 2020 bearable
February 2018
'I didn't give a damn if it didn't sell': how Isaac Hayes helped create psychedelic soul
The singer’s Hot Buttered Soul, released in 1969 and soon to be reissued, ripped apart the rules and inspired many new waves of music
February 2015
The cat that won't cop out: Shaft to return for fifth film
Private detective made famous in classic 1971 ‘blaxploitation’ thriller to get another screen update, following the 2000 version featuring Samuel L Jackson
November 2014
Cerys Matthews, Dr Crotchety
Cerys Matthews: songs to get all ages up on the dancefloor
Throwing a party for a friend or relative in their 70s? It’s the perfect excuse to dust off those guilty pleasures, says our musical agony aunt Dr Crotchety
September 2012
Soundtrack of my life
DJ Shadow: soundtrack of my life
The Californian hip-hop artist and record-digger extraordinaire tells Gareth Grundy about his love of James Brown, his thirst for new music, and why Dr Dre sounds like home
May 2012
Music blog
Pop's long players: sometimes extra length makes all the difference
The reissue of Sleep's Dopesmoker shows musicians with the nerve to really stretch a song and take listeners on a journey
January 2011
The 10 best ...
The 10 best film award acceptances - in pictures
As we enter awards season, we'd like to thank these past winners
August 2008
The soul of Memphis
Isaac Hayes cause of death revealed
Guardian weekly outlook on international development
Guardian Weekly podcast: War in Europe
Isaac Hayes
From Shaft to Chef
Dotun Adebayo
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes: A YouTube compilation
Isaac Hayes, soul singer who defined black urban cool, dies at 65
Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies aged 65
March 2006
Cult musicians
Scientology has long been regarded as 'a Hollywood thing', but as Isaac Hayes cooks up a storm and quits his role as South Park's Chef, Jonathan Leggett reveals other musical followers.
Isaac Hayes quits South Park after it satirises Scientology
The soul singer Isaac Hayes quits the show in outrage at its treatment of Scientology. By Oliver Burkeman in New York.
Isaac Hayes leaves South Park
The soul singer Isaac Hayes has resigned from his role as Chef in the hit anti-establishment cartoon series South Park.
