The ‘west country bloke with a great big heart’ collaborated with a wide range of musicians from Louis Moholo-Moholo to Robert Wyatt
April 2019
The 50 best songs about Europe – ranked!
Brexit is delayed – so voyager avec nous on a trans-European tour of music, from Paris to Berlin via Finistère. Tout le monde à bord!
November 2017
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: your unlikely collaborations
This week’s reader-curated list gives us pairings such as Neneh Cherry and Youssou N’Dour, and the combined powers of Bono, Brian Eno and Pavarotti
November 2016
The playlist
Captain Sensible's playlist – Soft Machine, Mylène Farmer, Terry Riley and more
Forty years after helping to form the Damned, the Captain picks a punk-free playlist of all-time favourites
January 2016
10 of the best
Elvis Costello: 10 of the best
He emerged in 1977 as the archetype of the angry young man, but it didn’t take Elvis Costello long to realise he needed to slow down and try something different
June 2015
Robert Wyatt writes tribute to the late Ornette Coleman
Experimental musician praises the ‘timeless vocal beauty of the actual sequences of notes and phrases he could come up with, and the feeling of pure living joy of playing they can communicate’
March 2015
Jonny Greenwood, Robert Wyatt and others to write essays for book about creative epiphanies
Stewart Lee and Michael Gira among contributors to forthcoming book Epiphanies: Life Changing Encounters With Music
January 2015
From Rock's Backpages
Robert Wyatt: 'Everybody's got an equally good voice. It's just a matter of using it'
Music blog
Robert Wyatt at 70: happy birthday, Old Rottenhat!
November 2014
Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt by Marcus O’Dair – review
Ian Penman on an affectionate look at the early 70s and the life and music of an unlikely national treasure
October 2014
My hero
My hero: Robert Wyatt by Jonathan Coe
Soundtrack of my life
Soundtrack of my life: Robert Wyatt
November 2013
Music blog
21 years of the London Jazz festival: 21 key moments
The London jazz festival celebrates a key birthday this year - 2013's festival is its 21st. Our critics John Fordham and John Lewis, who've covered between them every festival, pick their favourite moments from each year
April 2013
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs about leftwing politics – results
Music blog
Margaret Thatcher: the villain of political pop
January 2013
Old music
Old music: Robert Wyatt – At Last I Am Free
In which a hero of the English counterculture embraces the hedonistic disco of Chic, and plays a blinder
August 2012
Six songs of me
Six Songs of Me: David Nicholls
The One Day novelist picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me project
July 2012
Rewind radio: Love Love Love Like the Beatles; Is It Worth It?; 6-Love-6
AL Kennedy's Love Love Love Like the Beatles restores Miranda Sawyer's faith in radio drama
June 2012
Radio review
A week in radio: Is It Worth It?; Meet Myself Coming Back
An analysis and exploration of Elvis Costello and Clive Langer's exquisite song Shipbuilding showcased its timeless power
December 2011
The Unthanks: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony and the Johnsons – review
This Unthanks album is a thoughtful, delicate and bravely original tribute to two fine contemporary artists – Robert Wyatt and Antony Hegarty, writes Robin Denselow
