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Listener's digest

Our writers guide you through the back catalogues of the world's greatest musicians

  • ‘Virtuoso vocal prowess’ ... Mariah Carey.

    Mariah Carey: where to start in her back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the high-pitched diva who broke free from her marriage ... and her schmaltzy music
  • ‘I wonder if I could ever have been the kind of sweet, submissive, feminine girl that the entire world idealises’ ... Madonna in 1998.

    Madonna: where to start in her back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, we help you explore the work of great artists. Next: how the 1980s material girl transformed herself into a mature millennial pop songwriter
  • ‘They understood, instinctively, that pop music was not to be underestimated’ ... Chris Lowe, left, and Neil Tennant.

    Pet Shop Boys: where to start in their back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, we help you explore the work of great musicians. Next: the peerless pop duo who elegantly delved into the big issues
  • ‘Transgressive, hypnotic, determinedly true to herself and her art’ ... Patti Smith.

    Patti Smith: where to start in her back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the hugely influential poet who brought Baudelaire to punk
  • ‘Typically combative’ ... Miles Davis.

    Miles Davis: where to start in his back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the jazz pioneer who stepped outside of genre to revolutionise music as a whole
  • ‘He will live longest and most powerfully in the memory as a lone figure in the spotlight with an acoustic guitar’ ... Bob Dylan in 1979.

    Bob Dylan: where to start in his back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, we help you explore the work of great artists. Next: the junkyard raconteur and voice of a generation
  • ‘Powerful necromancers’ ... Wu-Tang Clan.

    Wu-Tang Clan: where to start in their group and solo back catalogues

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the mighty Staten Island rap collective-cum-Shaolin temple outpost
  • ‘Indie rock’s truly sacred texts’ ... Sonic Youth.

    Sonic Youth: where to start in their back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the feedback-worshipping high priests of indie-rock who wedded art and pop
  • Joni Mitchell.

    Joni Mitchell: where to start in her back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the poet of Laurel Canyon who refused anyone’s will but her own
  • Chiming with our feelings right now ... Bob Marley in 1979.

    Bob Marley: where to start in his back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the world’s most famous reggae star who people are turning to for solace in lockdown
  • Kate Bush in 1978.

    Kate Bush: where to start in her back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the singer who was first underestimated, then finally revered as a visionary
  • ‘Never-ending bliss jams’ ... from left, the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Brent Mydland, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir.

    Grateful Dead: where to start in their back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the US group who are more than just a jam band
  • Laurie Anderson in 1982. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

    Laurie Anderson: where to start in her back catalogue

    Our Listener’s Digest series continues with the unlikely major-label star and electronic music pioneer who emerged from the New York art world
  • The Kinks, from left, Mick Avory, John Dalton, Dave Davies and Ray Davies.

    The Kinks: where to start in their back catalogue

    In Listener’s digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the band of feuding brothers who expanded pop’s horizons
  • ‘The heft of soap bubbles but the force of trucks’ ... Britney Spears at the 2001 MTV VMA Awards.

    Britney Spears: where to start in her back catalogue

    Our Listener’s Digest series continues with the bold and experimental stylings of the pop princess turned showstopping star
  • Richard Kylea Cowie, aka Wiley.

    Wiley: where to start in his back catalogue

    In Listener’s Digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the godfather of grime whose erratic genius has inspired successive generations
  • It all boils down to Satan, slaughter and pain … Slayer in 1986.

    Slayer: where to start in their back catalogue

    In Listener’s Digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the LA metal band who made the sky pour with blood
  • Nina Simone.

    Nina Simone: where to start in her back catalogue

    Our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the deft genius who raged searingly at injustice
  • ‘The great storyteller of American heartland rock’ ... Bruce Springsteen.

    Bruce Springsteen: where to start in his back catalogue

    In Listener’s Digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the firebrand rocker who gave his tales of blue-collar life universal appeal
  • Grace Jones

    Grace Jones: where to start in her back catalogue

    In Listener’s Digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Today: the strident, sensual, muscular disco, funk and pop reggae of Grace Jones
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