Brief letters: Organ donation | Music for surgery | Ice-cream all year round | The best eggy bread
May 2021
Charles Grodin obituary
Actor, writer and US television talkshow favourite known for his film roles in The Heartbreak Kid and Midnight Run
April 2021
Pino Palladino, pop's greatest bassist: 'I felt like a performing monkey!'
One of the world’s most celebrated bass players has worked with everyone from Adele to Elton John, the Who and D’Angelo. But the Welsh musician has hidden from the spotlight – until now
June 2020
The 100 greatest UK No 1 singles
The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1
Look back on our complete countdown of the greatest UK No 1s, from the Beatles to Baby D, and So Solid Crew to Suzi Quatro
March 2020
Why playlists are getting me through anxious times
Caspar Llewellyn Smith
Brief letters
Joy Division is perfect for the Covid-19 crisis
November 2018
The five stages of a rock reunion - from Shiiine On to supporting Hard-Fi
The band are back together! But what happens next? Whether it’s the Streets, the Libertines or the Sex Pistols, there are predictable chapters to the comeback
October 2018
Stool samples: a history of chairs in pop, from Westlife to Britney
To mark the return of the key change-loving Irish balladeers, here’s a celebration of music’s most comfortable accessory
July 2018
Ranked
The 10 best Paul Simon albums – ranked!
As the singer plays his last ever UK shows this week, we rank his greatest albums, from 1965’s Paul Simon Songbook to 2016’s Stranger to Stranger
February 2018
Paul Simon announces farewell shows
The 76-year-old musician will retire from live performance with a Homeward Bound tour that takes in Europe and the US
This week’s reader has listened – and listened again – to your suggestions to produce a list including Cocteau Twins, Queen and Tom Petty
June 2017
Charity single for Grenfell Tower released as Simon Cowell donates £100,000
The cover version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, featuring Stormzy, Rita Ora, Robbie Williams and more, will raise money for survivors of the devastating fire – some who appear in a choir on the track
February 2017
10 of the best
Simon and Garfunkel – 10 of the best
Their friendship hit troubled waters at the height of their fame, but from The Sound of Silence to Mrs Robinson they created some of the most memorable music in the pop canon
January 2016
A hippy song for a political ad? Only Bernie Sanders can pull that off
Alexander Zaitchik
1960s ads possess a powerful charge – one that makes them tricky to ride. You have to come from the hippy paradise of Vermont to not look ridiculous
September 2015
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best namechecks in songs
Last week we brought you our 10 best namechecks in songs. Here we present your thoughts on recordings that should have made the list
June 2015
30 minutes with …
Art Garfunkel: 'Weird is a fair word for me'
Art Garfunkel on his relationship with Paul Simon, what he really thinks of David Bowie – and being a superstar who taught maths
May 2015
From Rock's Backpages
Simon and Garfunkel: 'To a degree, our hostility is a setup' – a classic interview from the vaults
A post-split 1975 Rolling Stone interview with the duo, taken from Rock’s Backpages
Pass notes
Feelin' grumpy: why Art Garfunkel just can't get along with Paul Simon
The singer has let rip at his old friend (again). Perhaps the sound of silence would have been better?
Art Garfunkel calls Paul Simon a 'jerk' for splitting duo at height of success
Four decades after their parting, Art Garfunkel speaks honestly of his feelings towards his former musical partner ahead of a solo tour
February 2015
Paul Simon and Sting review – well-worn classics from two songwriting giants
There was much to love from the archives of Simon and Sting’s musical careers, but duets came off sounding muddled and out of sync
