Jimmy Cliff: ‘I don’t reach my peak yet’

Ska and reggae legend on filming The Harder They Come and Jamaica’s rebel spirit

Tim Burgess: The listening parties are here to stay

The Charlatans frontman on why he will not monetise his hugely successful Twitter series

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Space Oddity – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the trail of Major Tom

Tony Visconti on Bowie: ‘There was always a feeling of adventure in the air’

The musician/producer was a long-time collaborator with the late, great Bowie

The best pop and rock concerts to go to this week

Rhys Lewis, Shaun Ryder and various performances at the Dublin Bowie Festival

Dublin Bowie Festival celebrates The Man Who Sold the World

Gig of the week: producer Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey are guests

Damon Albarn: ‘Brexit has revealed terrible truths about the mental health of the English’

The Blur frontman on ‘Merrie Land’, Britpop, Oasis, Morrissey and John Lydon

The Good, The Bad & The Queen: Merrie Land review – Brilliant paean to Brexit Britain

David Bowie and Prince among Record Store Day exclusive releases

The annual celebration of independent record shops takes place on April 21st

Tony Visconti: ‘The thing with Phil Lynott was that he was visibly dying’

The veteran record producer on Bowie, Morrissey and his problem with Steve Albini

Best rock and pop this week: Ring out the old

Turn regroups for a bash’n’trash, go fancy dress in Loughcrew or countdown with Kodaline

Tony Visconti reveals work on new albums by Perry Farrell and Damon Albarn

The producer says Farrell solo album and Albarn’s The Good, the Bad and the Queen will have new releases in 2018

Album of the Week: Lazarus - original cast recording to the musical by David Bowie and Enda Walsh

Featuring a live take of the artist's off-Broadway musical, recorded by the cast just hours after Bowie died, as well three previously-unheard studio recordings from the singer's final album, Blackstar

Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution: loud, funky, cosmic