From the July 9 2018 issueof The Economist magazine: FLORENCE WELCH has made her name both as a hitmaker and as a kind of strong-willed...

The instrument’s warm tone is increasingly rare in an industry driven by computer-generated sounds. A SEARCH for the sound of acoustic...

FEW Christmas songs temper the joy and light of the festive season with the dark realities of modern life. Most “wish it could be...

The protest songs of the 1960s were anthems for freedom and peace. In 2016, Maxwell's cover of "This Women's Work" continues the tradition.

The annual Global Citizen Festival encourages people to sign petitions and write to world leaders rather than swipe a credit card. Before...

THIS Christmas, booksellers are featuring several memoirs by rock musicians in their product queues. The authors are not all household...

THIS Christmas, booksellers are featuring several memoirs by rock musicians in their product queues. The authors are not all household...

LAST September U2 released its 13th album, “Songs of Innocence.” Critics lauded the collection’s lush ballads and rhythmically angular...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST Many of today’s top touring artists, including Taylor Swift, One Direction, the Rolling Stones,...

THE ECONOMIST THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding and others added their voices and carefully mussed-up hair to “Do They...

One of the driving forces behind the original Band Aid recording looks back 30 years. THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding...

“NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of smoky clubs and street-corner swing....

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST “NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of...

JIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters ranging from peace in Palestine to poetry...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST JIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters...

ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the...

FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the ghosts of William Faulkner and Robert...

ELVIS COSTELLO, a British singer-songwriter, is known for his rock rants and intricate ballads. He has recorded with dozens of artists in...

In Harlem the roots of the rock ‘n’ roll family tree are 100 years strong. THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914,...