Writing Selected profiles The British jazz explosion: meet the musicians rewriting the rulebook, Observer New ReviewNadine Shah: ‘You don’t sweat the small stuff when you nearly die’, The GuardianNancy Sinatra interview, The Independent Rosalía: The Pop Star Bringing Flamenco to a New Generation, The New York TimesMadlib interview, The GuardianMadonna, drugs and helicopter-trained dogs: the dark, starry life of William Orbit, The GuardianBrian Eno and David Byrne, The Guardian Femi and Made Kuti, Observer New ReviewBettye LaVette: ‘James Brown would have fired Kanye West 12 times’, The GuardianLido Pimienta: ‘Living in my skin is an act of revolution’, WePresentSam Fender: “I don’t want to cling onto the ‘class hero’ thing”, Observer New ReviewKamasi Washington, figurehead of the new jazz revival, Observer New ReviewMaking sounds with Suzanne Ciani, America’s first female synth hero, The Guardian More Music Feminist Rap Group in Iceland Looks Abroad After Making a Stir at Home, The New York Times3rdEyeGirl on Prince, ping pong and women in music who ‘treat their bodies like meat’, The GuardianPongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop, The New York TimesMeet J Balvin, Latin America’s answer to Drake, The Guardian‘Son of Immigrants, Black and Gay’: A D.J. Breaks Barriers in France, The New York TimesMark Ronson interview: ‘Self-deprecation can seem like a false character trait to make you endearing’, The IndependentBoy Better Know with Skepta and JME, The GuardianSarathy Korwar: Beyond the Stereotypes, a New View of Indian Music, The New York TimesCaribou interview, The Sunday TimesFat White Family Is Trying To Start A Rebellion, Messily, The New York TimesJohnny Borrell doesn’t care what you think about Razorlight. Or does he?, The IndependentMike Skinner: The World On The Street, Mr PorterMoses Sumney: ‘I have an obsession with loneliness, singledom, isolation’, Observer New ReviewSho Madjozi’s Mixed Up, Pan-African Rap, The New York TimesMaster blaster: the woman making Björk, Aphex Twin and Eno sound so good – Mandy Parnell interview, The GuardianLightning-fast pianist Lubomyr Melnyk: ‘When I play I turn into an eagle flying’, The GuardianArca: ‘Nothing is off limits emotionally’, The Guardian GuideKelis: from dance diva to soul queen and qualified cook, The Guardian Guide Club culture and scene pieces Afrobeats: music’s next big thing, The Sunday TimesInside Ecuador’s burgeoning electronic music scene, Mixmag‘This cuts across society’: how singeli music went from Tanzania to the world, The GuardianNyege Nyege Festival: an African electronic utopia at the source of the River Nile, Mixmag and The WireA Sweaty Night Out in London’s New Jazz Scene, The New York TimesRemembering Trash: the London club night that defined the rock’n’rave era, The GuardianLast dance: how London’s after-hours clubbing scene finally faded out, The GuardianDJ Sprinkles: ‘Music is the least interesting thing about clubs’, Guardian GuideDJ Harvey: ‘Good artists borrow, great artists steal’, Guardian GuideNídia Is Bringing the Sound of Lisbon’s Ghettos to the World, The New York Times Film, TV and artsBehind the scenes at the Oscars 2022, The GuardianIdris Elba: ‘As an actor I’m always reading someone else’s thoughts. What about my own thoughts?’, Guardian GuideJames Van Der Beek: ‘I lived in fear of teenage girls’, The Guardian`Johnny Flynn is not here to mansplain, Mr PorterDiablo Cody on Tully – and the Juno backlash, The GuardianWhat the Womad visa fiasco tells us about live music in Brexit Britain, The GuardianThe Lijadu Sisters obituary, The GuardianTony Allen: the Afrobeat maverick who blazed a trail across the globe, The Guardian