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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

April 2025

  • Celebrate Brooklyn! With Amadou &amp; Mariam And Bombino<br>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 21: Miriam Doumbia and Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou &amp; Miriam perform during Celebrate Brooklyn! with Amadou &amp; Mariam and Bombino at the Prospect Park Bandshell on June 21, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Pereira/WireImage)

    Amadou Bagayoko obituary

    Malian singer-songwrier and guitarist who had international success in a duo with his wife Mariam

March 2025

  • WOMAD 2015 - Day 2<br>WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND - JULY 25: Aurelio performs on stage during the 2nd Day of the Womad Festival at Charlton Park on July 25, 2015 in Wiltshire, England. (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns)

    Aurelio obituary

    Honduran singer, songwriter and politician who was a leading champion of Garifuna culture

February 2025

  • ‘I made it a constructive experience’ … Rokia Traoré.

    ‘The killers I met in jail didn’t scare me’: singer Rokia Traoré on why prison was ‘a privilege’

  • Big hair daze … John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, John Bonham and Jimmy Page in 1969.

    ‘Into the heart of the whirlwind’: how Led Zeppelin were sweet-talked into making a new film

January 2025

  • Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school.<br>2M98A3M Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school.

    Letter: Marianne Faithfull obituary

    Robin Denselow writes: It was inevitable that she would become a star, even from her school days

December 2024

  • Ajivasan Musical Academy Organizes Vasantotsav 2023, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 26 Feb 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vijay Bate/Hindustan Times/REX/Shutterstock (13784162ad) Ustad Zakir Hussain, Niladri Kumar Indian musician Niladri Kumar Indian musician during the Vasantotsav 2023 by Ajivasan a musical academy at Ajivasan Building, Santacruz, on February 26, 2023 in Mumbai, India. Ajivasan Musical Academy Organizes Vasantotsav 2023, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 26 Feb 2023

    Zakir Hussain obituary

  • Papa Noel<br>AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JULY 2: Congolese guitarist Papa Noel performs on stage at Paradiso on July 2 2004 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)

    Papa Noël obituary

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

  • Carlos Lyra At BossaBrasil Festival<br>Brazilian Bossa Nova musician Carlos Lyra performs with Marcos Valle's band during the BossaBrasil festival at the Birdland Jazz Club, New York, New York, May 29, 2015. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

    Carlos Lyra obituary

    A charismatic performer and fine composer who played a key role in the development of bossa nova
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