The Colombia-via-Virginia singer's latest release, Por Vida, saw her refining her soul-inflected pop, coloured with the sounds of the past, to its finest iteration yet, aided by Snoop Dogg and a cast of other famous faces. With a debut album proper in the works, she talks to Mof Gimmers
The Colombia-via-Virginia singer's latest release, Por Vida, saw her refining her soul-inflected pop, coloured with the sounds of the past, to its finest iteration yet, aided by Snoop Dogg and a cast of other famous faces. With a debut album proper in the works, she talks to Mof Gimmers
Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge is one of the most extreme pieces of music ever written, in any genre. A visionary work that only began to make sense in the 20th century, asks Phil Hebblethwaite, or a cacophonous duff that betrays a disturbing truth about a highly complex man?
Why is it so difficult to revisit the strident political albums of one's youth? David Bennun returns to the once inflammatory Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury and finds it’s so much smaller now, and didn't it all used to be fields around here?
When we return from a festival bursting with effusive praise, it’s hard not to approach our recollections with a hint of suspicion. Surely, looking back, Roskilde can’t have been quite that good? But on reflection we’ve realised that yes, Scandinavia’s flagship festival really is a marvel