‘Just trying to fit in’: Celeste Barber skewers the underboob swimsuit trend – after revealing desperate celebrities contact her begging to be parodied By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:40 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 16 March 2021 Celeste Barber has earned a cult following on Instagram thanks to her … Read more
TOM GRENNAN: Evering Road (Insanity) Verdict: On the right track Rating: LAKE STREET DIVE: Obviously (Nonesuch) Verdict: America’s best kept secret Rating: GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS: All The Good Times (Acony) Verdict: Grammy-worthy lockdown tunes Rating: There’s no better vehicle for a budding blue-eyed soul singer than a break-up record, and Tom Grennan ticks … Read more
DAVID GRAY: Skellig (Laugh A Minute) Rating: Verdict: Windswept and dramatic SG LEWIS: Times (PMR) Rating: Verdict: Kitchen dance party EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS: Hunter And The Dog Star (Thirty Tigers) Rating: Verdict: Pop with bark and bite When David Gray topped the charts with his fourth album White Ladder two decades ago, he was … Read more
Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight (Roswell) Verdict: Just the tonic Rating: The Staves: Good Woman (Atlantic) Verdict: Striking sibling harmonies Rating: Joan as Police Woman: Live (Sweet Police) Verdict: Dreamy Brooklyn Soul Rating: Some artists have used the past year to try something different. Barry Gibb went country and Taylor Swift surprised her fans, and … Read more
Celeste: Not Your Muse (Polydor) Rating: Verdict: Rich and soulful Weezer: OK Human (Atlantic) Rating: Verdict: Homespun pop symphonies Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive) Rating: Verdict: Dazzling debut This time last year Celeste Waite was on the brink of stardom. The singer from Saltdean, near Brighton, had just won the BRITs Rising Star award, … Read more
From sweeping orchestral scores to jazz, blues and soul gems, soundtrack albums are in the spotlight as the awards season approaches. The Mail’s music critic ADRIAN THRILLS picks the best. THE PROM (Sony Masterworks) The closest thing to a song-and-dance blockbuster in the tradition of The Greatest Showman is the feel-good soundtrack to Netflix musical … Read more
NEIL DIAMOND: Classic Diamonds (EMI) Verdict: Never seemed so good Rating: JOHNNY CASH: Johnny Cash & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Legacy) Verdict: Revamped country standards Rating: NICK CAVE: Idiot Prayer – Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace (Bad Seed) Verdict: Sublime piano pieces Rating: No singer made the spring lockdown look quite as relaxing as … Read more
The musicians who have flourished in lockdown have been quick-witted and flexible. Jon Bon Jovi took stock of evolving events on his new album 2020. Charli XCX poured the frustrations of quarantine into How I’m Feeling Now. Kate Rusby and Molly Tuttle delivered homespun cover collections. Elvis Costello has also been fleet of foot, with … Read more
He welcomed his first child with girlfriend Gigi Hadid just a few weeks ago. And Zayn Malik excited fans on Friday evening by posting a rare behind the scenes snap of himself on social media, as he appeared to film a music video The 27-year-old singer is shown sitting atop an old stone bench, surrounded … Read more
KATIE MELUA: Album No. 8 (BMG) Verdict: Elegant orchestral pop Rating: Eight albums into a career that began when she was a teenager fresh out of the BRIT School, Katie Melua could have played it safe. After all, she was hardly the most cutting edge performer when she made her name with her sweetly sung … Read more