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Celebrating the women whose signature styles became cultural landmarks

From the dazzling opening ceremony to warmup songs, music is intrinsic to the Paris Olympics now underway

She’s never held back, and Courtney Love isn’t about to start now. With a new BBC radio series hitting the airwaves, the rock legend and honorary Londoner tells Dylan Jones that while she champions women in music, she’ll sure as hell never be a Swiftie

American soul and jazz singer best known for California Soul, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Go Away Little Boy

From ballet to Afrofuturism to a world-class immersive spectacle, Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year

Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined in the studio by British singer-songwriter Ala.ni for a very festive edition of arts24. Ala.ni has just released the second instalment of her two-part Christmas EP "Christmas Vol.2", a mix of original tracks and covers such as Joni Mitchell’s "River". Her "dark Disney" vocals are…

Historian Tanisha Ford tells the story of the Harlem activist credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society.

She was compared to Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf. Now, fifty years after her death, Lucha Reyes finds a new audience

Why settle for a recorder when you could wield a contrabass clarinet – or something you invented yourself? Meet the players drawn to the unusual