This week in our series in which critics tell us what they’ve been listening to at home, Rian Evans luxuriates in heady Szymanowski and Schoenberg, smells the brine in Aldeburgh and is impressed by an end-of-year double bill

The British dance-pop star considers Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come amid the Black Lives Matter protests, and picks out tracks by Otis Redding, Miraa May and more

The Russian electronic musician on her homeland’s bizarre 80s movie themes and reappraising childhood favourites

Days away from giving birth to her first child, the British-Algerian singer is listening to soothing jazz and adding Bob Marley to her birthing playlist

The Oscar, Grammy and Brit-winning producer talks about his spiritual jazz quest and ‘the greatest drummer ever’, Tony Allen

The cult pop star shares her self-isolation favourites, including Dua Lipa’s disco and Daft Punk’s dystopias

The former One Direction star talks about his love of Thin Lizzy, Dua Lipa and 5 Seconds of Summer – and how he’s writing songs about dating in lockdown

The LA ambient composer shares what she’s been listening to while upside down, from Caribou to Zimbabwean polyrhythms

With his brother in hospital with coronavirus, the jazz vocalist is taking solace in Herbie Hancock, Donny Hathaway, and disco dancing with his young son

In between video games and bouts of her own new record, the British-Japanese pop star has been delving into Allie X, Halsey and Alanis Morissette

The musician and producer recommends Hans Zimmer, Knxwledge and Radiohead for inspirational listening during the coronavirus pandemic