Sunday with Jake Bugg: ‘You can’t go wrong with a bit of Kris Kristofferson’
The musician on football, TV and ice-cream
March 2018
Record Store Day: why vinyl gimmicks alone won't save local shops
Rupert Morrison
Record Store Day’s confused ethos puts it at odds with the spirit of independent retailers serving communities, argues Rupert Morrison, owner of record shop the Drift in Totnes, Devon
September 2017
Jake Bugg review – angry youth cuts a world-weary figure
Jake Bugg: Hearts That Strain review – a rootsier return
August 2017
Jake Bugg: Hearts That Strain review – a return to troubadour-lite form
May 2017
Festivals 2017
10 of the UK's best music festivals for folk, jazz, blues and world fans
Eclectic global talent take to the festival stages this summer as Nashville’s finest hit Edinburgh and African retro-pop comes to Wiltshire. Here are our picks
July 2016
Jake Bugg: On My One – growing pains
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June 2016
Jake Bugg: On My One review – from endearing to cringeworthy
February 2015
Kasabian named best British band at NME awards
Jamie T’s Zombie wins best song and video, Royal Blood are best newcomers and Nigel Farage named villain of the year
October 2014
Jake Bugg review – minimum showmanship, maximum talent
The BBC's God Only Knows video: fine art homage, or John Lewis ad?
Music blog
The BBC's God Only Knows cover – every performance reviewed and rated
BBC unveils all-star version of God Only Knows, 17 years after Perfect Day
On my radar
On my radar: Jake Bugg’s cultural highlights
Live music booking now
Live music booking now
July 2014
Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols
Who inspires Faris Badwan, New Order and Jake Bugg? From a north London rapper to a Turkish protest singer, these are the musicians who influence the stars
June 2014
Jake Bugg at Glastonbury 2014 review – festival favourite still has a way to go
The Nottingham phenomenon has been rushed up the bill, but is showing an unfortunate fondness for boogie-woogie filler, writes Mark Beaumont
May 2014
This week's new tracks
Moody Good's Hotplate, this week's best new track
'Hotplate is rough around the edges, but it shows how the oft-derided womp of EDM can be a force for good in the right hands'
February 2014
This week's new tracks
Max Marshall, Jake Bugg, Rudimental: this week's new tracks
