As Oasis made their long-awaited return to Manchester for the first of five live shows at the city’s Heaton Park, a very different concert, both in sound and spirit, was taking place in Barcelona. At ...

From Gorillaz to Africa Express to ambient experimentalism and punk-meets-Afrobeat supergroups, the Blur singer has done it ...

THE last time I saw Damon Albarn – until now that is – was at Wembley Stadium in July 2023.  He and his Blur bandmates, arms ...

In June, Worthy Farm’s West Holt stage saw the punk duo – comprising of frontman Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan – spark ...

Bob Vylan have gone from being relative unknowns to one of the most talked-about musical acts of the moment. On the ...

Rap-punk duo Bob Vylan responded to 'out of touch' Blur legend Damon Albarn after he called their Glastonbury set a ...

The pace switches up on “Kuduro”, where old Africa Express hands Fatoumata Diawara and Moonchild Sanelly trade verses in ...

Over the weekend, Damon Albarn joined his Africa Express collective on-stage at the Bahidorá Festival, which took place in Morelos, which is just outside of Mexico City. Albarn helped out with a ...

Oasis's Biggest Britpop Rival Reveals If He'll Attend Band's Reunion Tour originally appeared on Parade.

Earlier in the year, Damon Albarn revived Africa Express, his long-running collective dedicated to promoting African music and artists. The group released a new EP called MOLO, which featured four ...

It seems that Blur and Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn has some money coming his way: Back in 2023, he said of Oasis, “I can ...

Launched in Mali in 2006, Africa Express is a global collaborative community of musicians. At first, the idea was to link Malian artists like Toumani Diabaté, Bassekou Kouyaté and Amadou & Mariam with ...