To celebrate our Music issue, we’ll be running a series of exclusive online short stories. Today GC Perry sets the needle on the groove, and plays a riff on Neil ...
In the final piece in our Words & Music series, Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff reminisces about the books that have influenced him over the years.
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Employing Celine Dion as a cultural barometer, Carl Wilson asks why we love the music we love in this excellent collection on taste, snobbery and coolness.
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Our Words & Music series continues, as Eddie Argos – singer with acclaimed band Art Brut – reveals the influence of Richmal Crompton’s Just William stories on his rock’n’roll persona.
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The third piece in our short Words & Music series takes a more classical approach, as May Robertson of the Keats Quartet explains the reasons behind their literary name.
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I read only non-fiction and occasional hard sci-fi. Generally books, scientific journals, and science documentaries are how I pass my time.
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In the second installment in our Words & Music series – in which musicians talk about the books that have influenced them – Mychal Cohen of Campfire O.K. discusses the ...
Featuring new fiction from Rab Ferguson, Sean Beaudoin, Thomas Kearnes and Neil Schiller, an exclusive cartoon by Babak Ganjei, and interviews with Jonathan Coe and George the Poet – guest ...
Kele Okereke talks music with the acclaimed novelist and biographer.
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Music casts its spell over an old flame.
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The seven ages of an aspiring musician.
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Babak Ganjei illustrates the ongoing influence of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time.
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Suburban mothers unite against Miley.
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A musical discovery reignites memories of the Fatherland.
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Litro chats with the spoken word artist ahead of his Latitude Festival appearance.
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The first of a short series in which musicians discuss their favourite works of literature – Andy Bothwell (aka Astronautalis) on Mark Helprin’s A Soldier of the Great War.
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Ahead of his appearance at the Latitude Festival, Litro talks to one of the hottest names on London’s spoken word scene.
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“I remember turning on the radio and hearing the DJ, one of those brash types who boom their voices across the airwaves. But he sounded confused, vulnerable… After a while ...
In the last of her articles on the relationship between music and poetry, Clémence Sebag looks at how the spoken word draws on musical influences.
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Should song lyrics ever be called poems? Clémence Sebag explores the murky world of musicians who claim poet status.
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