Janis Ian: ‘It was astonishing to realise that At Seventeen applied to boys too’

After a career tackling difficult subjects, the singer-songwriter is releasing a final album

Anne-Marie: Therapy review – feisty, empowering tracks land with a thud

English artist’s second album features collaborations Little Mix and Niall Horan

Nothing new in meddling American football club owners calling the shots

Former New York Cosmos owner Steve Ross’s story a cautionary tale for Dundalk fans

Warner revisits stock listing plans as lockdowns fuel streaming boom

Original IPO was shelved as pandemic triggered market crisis

John Prine obituary: Songwriter with gift for tender, witty, wise lyrics

A singular talent of country music whose ‘Proustian existentialism’ Bob Dylan admired

Daniel Johnston, enigmatic cult songwriter, dies aged 58

American artist sang candidly and sometimes disturbingly about his demons

Song of the summer? How to make the feelgood hit of the year

In pop’s key battleground, what makes a Despacito, and who are 2019’s contenders?

Dr John, legend of New Orleans sound, dies aged 77

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer combined blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie and rock’n’ roll to magical effect

Marina: Love+Fear review – An album of two halves, where fear conquers love

Fear is unquestionably the more interesting group of songs here

Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper, fatally shot in Los Angeles

Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and LeBron James pay tribute to 33-year-old

Queen of Soul whose voice could scald or soothe

Aretha Franklin obituary: Huge talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions

Aretha Franklin: When she sang, nothing else mattered

Mick Heaney: Her impact went far beyond music – she changed the world around her

How Carole King conquered the Brill Building system

A new musical on the singer's life is at its best on the hit factory that King made her own

Aretha Franklin: A Brand New Me – getting the respect she deserves