Clive Davis: a life in pictures from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin
Clive Davis: music industry executive who signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen dies aged 94
January 2026
Ranked
From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!
Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the bestselling live albums of all time, is turning 50. You won’t find that on this list, however: instead there’s metal, soul, and an ‘indecently exciting’ No 1 …
March 2025
Peter Wolf on Faye Dunaway, David Lynch and Bob Dylan: ‘My mission was to be an observer’
The frontman of the J Geils Band has had an extraordinary life, living and working with celebrities along the way, detailed in a fascinating new book
December 2024
From Bob Dylan to Stevie Wonder: the best late-era albums by musical greats
When pop stars are deemed ‘past their peak’, it’s easy to dismiss their work. But do that and you might miss out on hidden treasure. Here our critics celebrate unexpected gems from the likes of Aretha Franklin and The Fall
September 2024
From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos
Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world
August 2024
Ranked
Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs – ranked!
Fifty years on from Riperton’s biggest album, Perfect Angel, we look back at the joyous, octave-jumping oeuvre that turned her from backing singer to pop star
October 2023
Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats
Ranked
The 20 greatest concert films – ranked!
July 2023
From Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga: Tony Bennett’s greatest duets
The legendary singer’s death leaves behind a career filled with captivating duets alongside contemporaries and younger stars
Handwritten document found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is valid will, jury rules
Ruling comes in dispute over validity of documents left by late singer from 2010 and 2014 which pitted sons against each other
Aretha Franklin’s children to contest her will in court
Three of Franklin’s four children are disputing the validity of documents left by the late singer in 2010 and 2014
May 2023
Crossword blog
Crossword blog: what do Aretha and Jethro have in common?
Names suggesting nobility and excellence in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
April 2023
‘At 83, I still feel sexual’: Smokey Robinson on love, joy, drugs, Motown – and his affair with Diana Ross
The music legend has just released a fabulously filthy album. He looks back on his incredible life in songwriting, and his friendships with Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy and Aretha Franklin
January 2023
The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship
Zoe Williams
A viral image of the actor celebrating at the Golden Globes shows a thrilling act of sisterly solidarity, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
September 2022
Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis dies aged 87
FBI tracked Aretha Franklin’s civil rights activism, declassified file shows
September 2021
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Respect review – an overly reverential homage to Aretha
Respect review – one-note Aretha Franklin chronicle follows every biopic beat
August 2021
Respect review – Aretha Franklin biopic sings the same old tune
Jennifer Hudson tries her best with a disappointingly rote retread through cliches of a well-worn genre
