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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

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

  • Astrud Gilberto<br>Stan Getz (left) and Astrud Gilberto are the Go Go set in a scene from the film 'Get Yourself A College Girl', 1964. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

    Astrud Gilberto obituary

April 2023

  • Singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96 Harry Belafonte<br>(FILE PHOTO) Singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96 American singer Harry Belafonte performing in a recording studio, circa 1957. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

    Harry Belafonte obituary

  • David Bowie on the Serious Moonlight tour, 1983.

    From the Guardian archive
    David Bowie: Let’s Dance reviewed – archive, 1983

March 2023

  • Simon Emmerson, centre, performing with Moussa Sissokho and N'Faly Kouyate of Afro Celt Sound System at the Glastonbury festival in 1999.

    Simon Emmerson obituary

    Founder of the bands Afro Celt Sound System and the Imagined Village, who produced albums by Manu Dibango and Baaba Maal
  • Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut, 1983.

    From the Guardian archive
    Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut: ‘an awkward album’ – archive, 1983

    17 March 1983: The follow-up to The Wall is a mini-epic written by Roger Waters, subtitled ‘a requiem for the post war dream’
  • David Lindley, right, playing the bouzouki with Ry Cooder on the guitar, 1998.

    David Lindley obituary

    Sought-after session player best known for his collaborations with Ry Cooder and Jackson Browne

January 2023

  • Stella Chiweshe performing at the Melkweg in Amsterdam in 1988.

    Stella Chiweshe obituary

    Pioneering Zimbabwean musician, storyteller and actor who had a significant political and spiritual influence on her country
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