Ammar Kalia

Shabaka Hutchings has been thinking about the end a lot. “For there to be a change, there needs to be the end of what we want changed,” he says, oracle-like,...

Since its emergence in the mid ’60s, free jazz has maintained a reputation as not so much a musical style as an academic institution—a playground for music t...

Motsi Mabuse is remembering the rough dance halls of apartheid-era South Africa and the shocking sights she would see as she took her first tentative steps a...

Of all the events at this year’s Glastonbury festival – Stormzy’s headline set, David Attenborough giving a speech on the climate crisis to thousands gathere...

It’s rare to see Soweto Kinch without his saxophone. Six foot tall and most often dressed in black, he can usually be found, sax in hand, at his jam night in...

I spoke on the Guardian's flagship technology podcast, Chips with Everything, about the growing market in digital therapy apps. You can listen to the podcast...

If you find yourself lost in the catacomb-like basement of London’s Southbank Centre on a weekend, you’ll probably stumble across Gary Crosby holding court, ...

Sarathy Korwar likes to define himself as an “outsider”. Outside popular music, outside the British Asian experience, outside Indian culture. The percussioni...

There’s something of the Renaissance man about Fred Brathwaite, AKA Fab 5 Freddy. A graffiti artist turned film-maker, producer and curator, Brathwaite spent...

Troy Deeney would like you to know that he is a “nice guy”, despite his reputation as one of the most intimidating players in English football. Recently, the...

'Journeyman' is a term often used to describe Don Was. At 66, the Detroit-born bassist and producer charted in the 1980s with his funk-fusion duo Was (Not Wa...

Being a curator has become a defining ethos for the 21st century. With digital platforms bombarding us with choice, a curator’s purview—once confined to gall...

At 24, Tiffany Calver might worry that she has already peaked as a DJ. Initially writing for the pioneering grime platform SBTV and the blog Hypebeast, she b...

Jazz fans often speak of a formative moment that leads them to the genre, often a gateway album such as Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. For the guitarist Shirle...

Melbourne, Australia-based pianist Andrea Keller creates jazz in its broadest sense—as an improvised music. During her two-decade career, Keller’s improvisat...

I remember as a kid regularly going into the West End and spending all of my money on records – so much so that I wouldn’t have my bus fare home. I had a nic...

Siobhan McSweeney was born in County Cork, Ireland, and studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where she currently lives. Her car...

Film director Debra Granik was born in 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her first film, Snake Feed, made while she was still a student at New York Universit...

Having recently broken the auction fee record for an artwork made by an American artist – $110.5 million – Jean-Michel Basquiat has cemented his status as on...

For anyone engaged in a creative endeavour, distraction is the devil. The constant urge to procrastinate and remove yourself from the moment plagues the pres...