VV Brown: Am I British Yet? review – rousing riffs on Black identity
The Northampton-born singer returns with an arresting multivoice album that is both socially conscious and catchy
October 2021
Race and money
63% of Black music makers have experienced racism in UK industry – study
Survey of 1,718 performers, creatives and staff reveals microgression, pay disparities and discrimination are rife
February 2016
Music blog
I'm tired of being around people who feel intimidated by my blackness
VV Brown
In our society, black is seen as negative and white as successful, leading many to reach for a cultural mask. It’s time we stopped trying to fit in
October 2013
Later ... with Jools Holland: Manic Street Preachers, Jake Bugg and Poliça - as it happened
We're still live blogging Later... because, well, it's too late to stop now to be honest. Here's what happened in week four.
August 2013
New music
VV Brown – The Apple: New music
After scrapping her second album and starting again, VV Brown is back with a darker pop confection and very good it is too
July 2013
This week's new tracks
Walls, A*M*E, All Dom Wrong: this week's new tracks
Walls | A*M*E | All Dom Wrong | VV Brown | The xx | Avril Lavigne
July 2011
Love music love food: pop will eat itself
From Cliff Richard's passion for chicken tikka to Noel Gallagher's favourite cuppa and Tinie Tempah's love of seafood linguine, music stars give us a taste of their favourite foods and drinks
March 2011
Feminism: What does the F-word mean today?
When the Observer asked Annie Lennox to chair a discussion for Women's Day, the singer and social activist gathered five other high-flying women to find out what equality means to them – and how feminism can galvanise the next generation
April 2010
In praise of independent record stores
Independent Record Store Day on 17 April celebrates these fast-disappearing bastions of alternative culture. Leading musicians say what their favourite record shops mean to them
October 2009
My body and soul
My body & soul
VV Brown, 25, singer/songwriter on sleep, fad diets and having a good sex life
July 2009
Plenty of vroom, but it's a well travelled road
CD of the week: This album is a great idea that turns out to be a bit wearisome in practice, says Alice Fisher
Pop review: VV Brown, Travelling Like the Light
So where do you go when you've been a backing singer for the Pussycat Dolls? To kooky la-la land, it transpires here
VV Brown: Travelling Like The Light
VV Brown's theatricality and flamboyance that make Mika seem introverted, says Caroline Sullivan
June 2009
The interview: VV Brown
Elizabeth Day talks to the eccentric new 'It girl' of British pop about fashion, Susan Boyle and how plunging into depression made her a better artist
May 2009
Raising the hemline
A skirt that stops above the knee is now the uniform for every woman. But how high should you go? VV Brown, Mary Portas and Sadie Frost on their enthusiasm for thigh-skimming hemlines
December 2008
The R&B star that wasn't
Jude Rogers on VV Brown, one of 2009's brightest pop prospects
November 2008
VV Brown
Komedia, Brighton: VV's shimmying recalls the days when dances had names; so does her voice
July 2008
New band of the week
No 347: VV Brown
New band of the day: Warning: today's column will feature zero references to the Clash or Gang Of Four
