Steve Cropper, guitarist for Blues Brothers and Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84

Stax Records great also backed Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and The Band’s Levon Helm

The Music Quiz: Charli XCX namechecks which French writer on Speed Drive?

Plus: Which science fiction writer inspired Jimi Hendrix to write Purple Haze?

It’s oh so quiet: Exploring the role of silence in music

Experimental composer and guitarist Michael Pisaro-Liu’s 2013 work, asleep, wind, voice, poe gets its Irish premiere this month

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Grammy awards 2022: Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic triumph

Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy makes cameo at scandal free ceremony after Oscars chaos

Electric Picnic tickets sell out in half an hour

Festival returns after two year Covid-19 hiatus with Dermot Kennedy, Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala

Electric Picnic 2022 line-up: Dermot Kennedy, Tame Impala and Arctic Monkeys to headline

With 70,000 expected attendees, this year’s festival is set to be its largest on record

Betty Davis, raw funk pioneer, dies aged 76

Singer, who married Miles Davis, influenced many with wild voice and overtly sexual lyrics

Don Johnson: Casting Colin Farrell in Miami Vice was ‘a mistake’

The former ‘hottest guy on the planet’ looks back on a career that’s not over yet

David Crosby on Stills, Nash and Neil Young (‘probably the most selfish person I know’)

At 80, the superstar musician has survived heroin addiction, illness and tragedy

Jimmy Cliff: ‘I don’t reach my peak yet’

Ska and reggae legend on filming The Harder They Come and Jamaica’s rebel spirit

Genius in the house: Inspired interiors of world's most famous creatives

Life Meets Art explores the houses of the world’s most cultured and creative legends

The White Stripes: Greatest Hits review – rowdy gathering of rock, roll and everything in between

Everything here lays out, with a typical minimum of fuss, their low-fidelity aesthetic

Remembering Jimi Hendrix 50 years on: the guitar god and the Irish connection

Dave Tiger Taylor, whose band who toured with Hendrix, remembers his ‘magic’

Hey Jimi – An Irishman’s Diary on Jimi Hendrix