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Robin Denselow

Robin Denselow is a journalist and broadcaster who specialises in music and politics. He is the author of When The Music's Over, a history of political pop

October 2024

  • Marianne Faithfull, 1979.

    From the Guardian archive
    Marianne Faithfull: ‘I always knew I was something quite extraordinary’ – archive, 1979

    31 October 1979: The singer talks about her career and comeback album Broken English

September 2024

  • Kris Kristofferson performs on stage in August 1973.

    From the Guardian archive
    Kris Kristofferson: the gritty voice of experience – archive, 1972

  • Sergio Mendes Live<br>Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes performs circa 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    Sérgio Mendes obituary

August 2024

  • Paul Simon, third from left, with Miriam Makeba and Ladysmith Black Mambazo during the African Graceland tour, emerges as something of a hero in the book.

    ‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music

    At over 900 pages, the countercultural icon’s new book covers everything from fifth-century Roma music to Miriam Makeba. But, he argues, the drum machine marked the end of history

July 2024

  • Heather Wood with Royston Wood, left, and Peter Bellamy at a photo session for the 1967 Young Tradition LP So Cheerfully Round.

    Heather Wood obituary

    Singer with the 1960s folk group the Young Tradition, whose songs ranged from sea shanties to haunting treatments of traditional music
  • Robert Plant Cambridge Folk Festival 2024

    Cambridge folk festival review – Robert Plant thrills, Peggy Seeger inspires and Oysterband rock

    The Led Zeppelin frontman’s latest band, Saving Grace, riffs on country, folk, rock and blues, but the weekend belongs to female American singer-songwriters
  • Toumani Diabate, musician

    Toumani Diabaté obituary

    The Malian master of the kora who delighted in performing with musicians from other traditions and countries

June 2024

  • Mansour Seck performing at the Barbican Centre in London, May 2023.

    Mansour Seck obituary

    Senegalese musician in the ‘griot’ tradition, best known for his long-term collaboration with Baaba Maal

May 2024

  • Spider John Koerner in 2009.

    Spider John Koerner obituary

    Musician who became a folk scene celebrity with his driving guitar style and love of the blues

April 2024

  • Maurice el Médioni

    Maurice el Médioni obituary

    Versatile Algerian pianist and songwriter who transformed the country’s popular music after the second world war

March 2024

  • Joni Mitchell performing at the New Victoria Theatre, London, April 1974.

    From the Guardian archive
    Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark reviewed – archive, 1974

  • Bonnaroo 2006 - Day 1 - World Party<br>Karl Wallinger of World Party during Bonnaroo 2006 - Day 1 - World Party at Which Tent in Manchester, Tennessee, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)

    Karl Wallinger obituary

December 2023

November 2023

  • Jacqui McShee of Pentangle at the concert to celebrate Bert Jansch – 56 years after Pentangle made its debut on the same stage with Jansch in the lineup.

    An 80th Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch review – moving homage to 60s folk guitar hero

    Pentangle’s Jacqui McShee as well as Robert Plant, Bernard Butler and Sam Lee were among stellar acts celebrating the late musician in impressive style

October 2023

August 2023

  • Rodriguez Performs At Clyde Auditorium In Glasgow<br>GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 03: Sixto Diaz Rodriguez AKA 'Rodriguez' performs on stage at Clyde Auditorium on May 3, 2015 in Glasgow, United Kingdom (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns via Getty Images)

    Rodriguez obituary

    Singer-songwriter who rose to international stardom as the subject of the film Searching for Sugar Man

July 2023

  • Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra performing at Womad.

    Womad review – more music festivals need this vitality, daring and breadth

    Quirky, brilliant and politically forthright acts from over 40 countries, among them Femi Kuti, Susana Baca, Souad Massi and 47Soul, grace the festival’s 41st edition

June 2023

  • Two of the Master Musicians of Joujouka.

    ‘People want the healing power’: Master Musicians of Joujouka, the mystical Moroccans opening Glastonbury

    Playing trance-inducing music that has existed for centuries, the Master Musicians invite us to rural Morocco to experience it up close – complete with gods in goat skins
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