Sex stories, purgatory and Adele’s tears: the album skit is back
Keen to re-establish the album in the age of the playlist, artists are peppering their work with voice notes and sketches – to profound and annoying ends
January 2022
On my radar
On my radar: Moses Sumney’s cultural highlights
The singer-songwriter on Balenciaga’s visions, the mountains of North Carolina, and the haunting power of Eve’s Bayou
December 2020
Observer critics' review of 2020
Music: Kitty Empire's 10 best of 2020
Our critic’s picks, from righteous old-school hip-hop via euphoric retro pop to classic American songwriting
Best music of 2020
The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list
Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year
Best music of 2020
Guardian albums and tracks of 2020: how our writers voted
'Oh cool, I don’t have to put on pants!' Stars on music's year of chaos
Best music of 2020
The 50 best albums of 2020, No 10: Moses Sumney – Græ
July 2020
On my radar
On my radar: Moses Boyd on his cultural highlights
The jazz drummer on the podcast, album and local vegan cafe that helped him through lockdown. Plus, a properly geeky YouTube series
May 2020
Moses Sumney: Græ Part Two review – introspective magic
Sumney’s “art rock and black classical” double album concludes with quieter highs
March 2020
Moses Sumney: Græ review – double album’s stunning first instalment
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February 2020
‘I definitely rage against being classified as R&B’: the strange, beautiful music of Moses Sumney
His celestial falsetto and otherworldly sound have bewitched everyone from Stephen Colbert to Solange. Now, his second album is about to send him stratospheric
January 2019
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
James Blake: Assume Form review – a big, glitchy, swooning, hyper-modern declaration of love
A love letter to his partner brimming with guest spots and west-coast vibes, James Blake’s fourth LP is a long way from his ‘blubstep’ roots
October 2017
Moses Sumney: ‘I have an obsession with loneliness, singledom, isolation’
It’s impossible not to love the genre-spurning singer with a heavenly falsetto – despite his ‘obnoxious obsession’
September 2017
Kitty Empire's album of the week
Moses Sumney: Aromanticism review – a single-minded star
Moses Sumney: Aromanticism review – warmly absorbing meditation on lovelessness
November 2016
The future 50: the rising music stars to look out for
From squat rock to laptop futurism, 2016’s most creative music is being made away from focus groups, major labels and publicists. Meet the most exciting independent minds in music
April 2015
Black cab sessions
Black Cab Sessions: Moses Sumney performs Everlasting Sigh
The soul-folk newcomer hits the road in the new series of the video sessions filmed in the back of London taxis – let us know what you think
