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From Dylan to Ishiguro: can song lyrics ever be literature?

A new book of lyrics by Kazuo Ishiguro joins collections by Kate Bush and Jarvis Cocker. But can songwriting ever work on the page?

The Guardian - UK

"Whatever they're on, I want some!" That time Slade's Noddy Holder ran a critical eye over Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Nick Cave, Flaming Lips and more

In March 1996, UK music magazine Select asked Slade's Noddy Holder to critique a batch of newly-released singles, with entertaining results

Louder

Cult singer-songwriter Bill Fay: ‘I didn’t leave the music business, the music business left me!’

In his last ever interview, the 80-year-old – admired by stacks of stars from Nick Cave to Jeff Tweedy – explains how God and war informed his distinctive folk pop, and how he got a second chance at success late in life

The Guardian - UK

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10 of the best love songs to test your hi-fi system

We all like Valentine’s Day, but if hi-fi is your one and only, then this list is for you.

What Hi-Fi?

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to score Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black

Bad Seeds duo hailed by director Sam Taylor-Johnson for ‘profoundly deep and moving’ work

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d take a mediocre album rather than nothing!’: the new music readers want to hear in 2024

Guardian readers are longing for returns by artists from Ariana Grande to Archie Shepp –and even possibly Kate Bush?

The Guardian - UK

Ben Whishaw as Nick Cave? Score some leftfield music biopic ideas here

Priscilla, Maestro and the upcoming One Love revolve around pitch-perfect impersonations of A-list icons. But what about the bangers yet to be greenlit about less mainstream musicians?

The Guardian - UK

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Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan tribute concert lineup announced

Cat Power and David Gray among artists scheduled to perform at celebration in New York in March

The Guardian - UK

Shane MacGowan remembered by Nick Cave

One songwriter pays tribute to another, an effortlessly talented friend who had ‘a clarity of soul of the purest kind’

The Guardian - UK

AP's top music documentaries of 2023: Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, WHAM! and more — and where to watch

Looking for something to watch this holiday season

The Independent UK

Shane MacGowan’s wife admits ‘it’s very hard to feel sad’ after singer’s death

The Pogues singer is being mourned by the music world after he died from pneumonia on 30 November, aged 65

The Independent UK

Digested week: Some things are almost worth dying for – though not Rwanda

Shane MacGowan’s funeral offers food for thought while Rishi Sunak’s immigration policy is not deranged enough for some

The Guardian - UK

Missing things, Nick Cave sings, and so does Doctor Who – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Alternative funerals: the company who can throw you a party instead of a wake

Funerals don't all have to be dour, as Shane MacGowan's last Friday showed, and a company in West London is offering alternatives

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria thanks ‘tower of strength’ Johnny Depp

Irish author pays tribute to her late husband’s friend, who was seen carrying the Pogues frontman’s coffin into the church before he delivered a reading at the service

The Independent UK

Guinness, goodbyes and dancing in the aisles: Inside Shane MacGowan’s rock and roll funeral

The Pogues singer’s send-off in Co Tipperary was a lively affair, as was the unofficial wake in his favourite bar afterwards, Barney Davis writes

The National (Scotland)

'Shane hated funerals': Crowds and celebrities gather for Shane MacGowan's funeral

CELEBRITIES, politicians, and former bandmates all flocked to small Irish town of Nenagh in Country Tipperary on Friday to celebrate the life of…

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp and Nick Cave join thousands to celebrate life of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan

Crowds sing ‘Fairytale of New York’ in the streets as Hollywood actors and legendary musicians pay tribute to the beloved Anglo-Irish poet at a funeral that is musical, eccletic, bittersweet and heartfelt

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The Independent UK

‘Shane MacGowan a wildman? Nonsense – he was a shy gent’

Shane MacGowan’s ‘hellraiser persona that was just fake’, his close friend, pub landlord and now undertaker Philly Ryan said

Chicago Sun-Times

Shane MacGowan, Pogues singer who made Irish music punk, dies at 65

Songwriter’s bittersweet ballad ‘Fairytale of New York’ has become a modern Christmas standard.

Louder

If the idea of Shane McGowan, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker and Pete Doherty singing Disney classics together sounds like an acid-fried fever dream, trust us, the reality was even weirder

Three of alternative music's leading forces (and Pete Doherty) delivering a night of avant garde Disney classics? If it sounds weird, that's because it was

Evening Standard

Things to do in London this weekend (December 1 – 3)

Mike Daw returns with everything you need to make it a memorable weekend

WhatToWatch

The Death of Bunny Munro: cast, plot, first look and everything you need to know

The Death of Bunny Munro is drama series based on Nick Cave's book a father/son road trip and stars Matt Smith.

The Independent UK

Matt Smith to helm and star in new TV adaptation of Nick Cave novel

Cave’s novel ‘The Death of Bunny Munro’ was published in 2009

Evening Standard

Matt Smith will star in new Nick Cave TV series adaptation, The Death of Bunny Munro

The House of Dragon actor will also executive produce the new Sky show

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