Music was an all-consuming escape. Now, every song he writes is a love song At 16, I was just starting to take writing seriously. I became obsessed with lyricism and writing lines and my heroes were a

Deep Purple’s longest-serving guitarist Steve Morse on the records, artists and gigs of lasting significance to him.

Welcome to the second of our special Review Of The Year joint interviews. Here, indie provocateur BAXTER DURY and Sleaford Mods’ splenetic frontman JASON WILLIAMSON turn their attentions to the landscape, musical or otherwise, of 2025. Stand by for a bleak, brash, honest and often humorous assessment of the year just gone. Their conclusions? “We’re just flogging this dead horse, aren’t we?” they tell Mark Beaumont

Shereen Low gets the scoop from the Irish pop stars as they prepare for their farewell shows…

“It’s fucking Beethoven”: Paul Weller, Black Barn, ...

After a two-year hiatus, the pop star has launched her solo career with a chart-topping album and a sold-out tour. She tells Nicola Fahey why it was worth the wait