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Readers recommend: share songs about pragmatism
Nominate in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 30 April
Read more » | Desktop version »Avicii's family say DJ 'could not go on any longer'
Swedish star remembered as ‘sensitive guy’ who was not made for the music business
Read more » | Desktop version »Grażyna Bacewicz: Chamber Music review – eloquent Polish composer finally gets her due
The postwar composer and musician wrote fine works influenced by Bartók, played here with energy and engagement
Read more » | Desktop version »Eliades Ochoa review – subtlety in short supply but Buena Vista veteran is still remarkable
A varied set of Social Club classics and solo works brings the crowd to its feet, but some of the music’s delicacy and charm were lost along the way
Read more » | Desktop version »From East 17 to Westlife: the greatest boyband tracks ever
Guardian critics swim through the hair gel and heartbreak to pick out their favourite boyband songs, spanning Boyz II Men, Bay City Rollers, K-pop group Shinee and more
Read more » | Desktop version »High levels of sexual harassment reported by professional UK musicians
A new study by Incorporated Society of Musicians has found that 60% of those who responded had experienced sexual abuse, in what is deemed a ‘toxic culture’
Read more » | Desktop version »Readers recommend playlist: songs about writing
The Beatles, Father John Misty, Prince and 10,000 Maniacs among the artists exploring the writing process with music
Read more » | Desktop version »Manic Street Preachers review – middle age and middling material dampens insurrection
The national treasures offered up a not-completely-satisfying mix of the magnificent, the obscure and the curiously judged
Read more » | Desktop version »May contain masturbation: the woman weaponising pop's Filthy 15
In 1985, a group of Washington women hit back at the ‘offensive’ lyrics of some of pop’s biggest names. Now their ‘parental advisory’ meddling – and the 15 tracks they initially targeted – have been turned into a riotous piece of musical revenge
Read more » | Desktop version »Kate Bush makes second tribute to Emily Brontë with art installation
Carol Ann Duffy, Jeanette Winterson and Jackie Kay also set to celebrate Brontë sisters’ legacy
Read more » | Desktop version »Kanye West proclaims his love for Trump: 'We are both dragon energy'
Rapper tweets: ‘He is my brother’ and Trump calls message ‘very cool’ in latest sign of mutual affection
Read more » | Desktop version »Gomez review – reformed post-Britpoppers prove prescient
Gomez’s psych, funk and electronics should be a mess, but on tour to celebrate the 20th-anniversary edition of their Mercury-winning debut it’s clear their songwriting really stands up
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