Post your questions for Sister Sledge’s Kathy Sledge
The voice of some of Sister Sledge’s biggest hits is touring again, and will take on your questions
Doja Cat review – pop superstar or true freak? US iconoclast plays the tension to perfection
Moving seamlessly through extravagant choreography between bubblegum–rap and darker, rockier material, the singer is always in full command
Trash hits! Why a wave of hedonistic, feral female pop stars are rejecting respectability
Sleazy female electro-pop – from throbbing drum’n’bass to hyperactive EDM – is reflecting the economic reality for many in the US, with its rock-star energy and rap-influenced vocals
Scottish singer-songwriter Jacob Alon wins big at Ivor Novello awards
Musician wins rising star and best song musically and lyrically, continuing their success after Brit award win and Mercury prize nomination
Big science and uncanny prescience: Laurie Anderson’s greatest songs – ranked!
Forty years since her pioneering concert film Home of the Brave, and ahead of a European tour, we count down the best of a surprisingly poppy avant garde catalogue
‘People say there are no words, but there are thousands’: Liz Lawrence on making a new kind of grief album after her sister’s death
When her sibling died in an accident the singer-songwriter sought comfort in music. But after finding that the most celebrated records about loss were angry, loud and male, she set about creating something very different
I didn’t think it was possible to love Kylie Minogue any more – her new Netflix series changed that
After the glut of brand-building shows from other celebrities, the Kylie documentary is radical for simply allowing the star to come across as human, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
Totó la Momposina, vocalist and Colombian music legend, dies aged 85
The singer was one of her country’s most’s popular musical exports, and travelled the world with an evangelistic vision for spreading cumbia music
Goldie, Bananarama and boat trips with the Spice Girls: the hedonistic madness of 90s label London Records
From synthpop to drum’n’bass, the company had a roster of edgy stars – and let them do what they wanted. As a new podcast is launched, artists and staff remember the extreme work environment
Behold! Nina Simone’s chewing gum! Inside the show celebrating extreme pop fandom
Leaves from Dolly Parton’s front garden, a Yellow Submarine cookie jar full of ashes, a branch from the tree Marc Bolan’s car hit … our writer explores Holy Pop, the exhibition where superfans are sacred
Kylie Minogue announces she had second cancer diagnosis in 2021
In new Netflix documentary, pop superstar says she ‘got through it, again’, referring back to successful treatment for breast cancer in 2005
‘This keeps the dream alive’: the bands sleeping at venues to make touring work
A new UK scheme is encouraging venues to provide accommodation for touring acts. But what if someone hurls a TV through a window?
Ecca Vandal, the genre-defying punk-rap star on getting offline and having tea with Flea: ‘It constantly spins me out’
The Australian singer’s new album, Looking For People to Unfollow, is a punchy rejection of ‘faux-sincerity’ and music being reduced to TikTok-able snippets
Dr Hook co-frontman Dennis Locorriere dies aged 76
Singer took lead vocal on UK No 1 When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman, and had numerous other transatlantic hits
Still collapsing after all these years: Einstürzende Neubauten on their fifth decade as a Berlin legend
The band’s newest member, Josefine Lukschy, was born the year their fifth album was released. They and founding member Blixa Bargeld talk about leading the counter counter-culture