Despite illness, James Bay plays a show-stopping set to a sold-out Manchester Academy

The American artist visited Manchester last Thursday, and her performance exemplified everything exciting about music right now

The student-run festival returns for its second year, with sets from Begum, DJ Hass, Messy Bao and Saint Nusu, and Mixle

Beautiful has rock ‘n’ rolled its way to Palace Theatre Manchester

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical returns to the Palace Theatre as part of its UK tour

The Mancunion reviews Giants of Soul, with sets from Tunde Baiyewu, Deniece Williams, Gwen Dickey, Alexander O’Neal, Jaki Graham, Janet Kay and Candace Woodson

From folk to blues, fingerstyle guitarist Jon Coley discusses his career highlights and aspirations with The Mancunion.

Giants of Soul, which features Tunde Baiyewu, Deniece Williams, Gwen Dickey, Alexander O’Neal, Jaki Graham, Janet Kay, Candace Woodson, and Angie Grieves, is coming to Bridgewater Hall

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Macy Gray and the California Jet Club at Albert Hall

Soulful, sorrowful, languid, energetic, Joesef brings an Amy Winehouse-esque presence to the stage at Manchester’s Gorilla – a review.

An interview with blues duo The War and Treaty conducted by Ellie Hughes.

Alex Cooper reviews Thundercat’s unmissable set at Manchester Academy on his long anticipated ‘It Is What It Is’ tour.

Katie Bray explores the influence of Aretha Franklin’s classic soul songs, in the wake of the release of her biopic, Respect

Annie Clark, aka St Vincent’s highly anticipated sixth studio album Daddy’s Home has finally arrived, and it certainly surpasses expectations. Clark continues to experiment and reinvent herself on this album, as with 2014’s Grammy-winning St Vincent and 2017’s Masseduction. Unlike its predecessors, this record delves masterfully into the sounds of soul and funk. It begs […]

Hollywood’s biggest night of the year faced its biggest challenge going ahead during a pandemic. Did they pull it off?

Don’t let the bright colours and anthropomorphised animals fool you – this is Pixar’s most mature feature to date

Wondering what films are coming out in the next few months? Check out our overview of the most interesting ones and pick something for yourself

Up From the Streets has a broad focus, but succeeds in creating a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to the musical history of New Orleans

Caroline Rose in snowballing into fame after her spectacular 2018 album, but her main concern is still having a good time

Seal made Valentine’s Day unforgettable for the O2 Apollo on his Standards Tour