Duncan Seaman

Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing grows louder each year. Now in its 13th edition, this remains the only festival that truly interrogates that enduring love affair between music and the written word.

Electronic music pioneer Dave Ball, one half of Leeds synth-pop legends Soft Cell and successful acid house act The Grid, has died 66.

Some albums might be a breeze to make, but Michelangelo Dying, the seventh longplayer from Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon is not among them.

Tanya Donelly’s reactivated band offer a welcome a reminder of the potency of ’90s US college rock.

With The Divine Comedy’s 13th album about to be released, Neil Hannon, the band’s sole constant member over the past 35 years, has been doing some number-crunching.

Canadian musician Craig Martin is clear about what gave him the impetus 22 years ago to start Classic Albums Live, his 10-piece band dedicated to recreating the sound of such records as Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Queen’s News of the World and The Eagles’ Hotel California.

The show celebrating the songs of indie mainstay David Gedge has an impressive spring in its step.

Much has happened to Emma King in the nine years since the country singer-songwriter from Hull last spoke to The Yorkshire Post. A decision to start a family prompted King and her musician husband Ritch Spencer to end their eight-year stay in Nashville and move back to her home city to be near her parents.

One of the titans of UK dance music revisit the past and show glimpses of their future in a sold-out show at one of Yorkshire’s architectural gems.

Last seen wielding a tenor saxophone in Spandau Ballet, one of Britain’s biggest pop groups of the 1980s, Steve Norman perhaps seems an unlikely recruit for a band celebrating the music of punk rock powerhouses Generation X.