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Robin Denselow

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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

June 2026

  • WOMAD 2015 - Day 1WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Toto La Momposina performs on stage during Day 1 of the Womad Festival at Charlton Park on July 24, 2015 in Wiltshire, England. (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns via Getty Images)

    Totó la Momposina obituary

    Celebrated Colombian folk singer who introduced her country’s music to an international audience

May 2026

  • Patti Smith at the Roundhouse, 16 May 1976.

    From the Guardian archive
    ‘We’re catalysts of the new plague’ – from the archive, Patti Smith interviewed in 1976

  • Beverley Martyn on stage at the Barbican in London, 1999.

    Beverley Martyn obituary

April 2026

  • Famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle, who will be performing with The Kronos Quartet(AUSTRALIA OUT) Famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle, who will be performing with The Kronos Quartet at The Sydney Opera House, 8 March 2007. SMH Picture by STEVEN SIEWERT (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)

    Asha Bhosle obituary

    One of the great Bollywood singers whose thousands of songs ranged from ghazals to dance tunes and pop
  • JIMI HENDRIX AND KEITH ALTHAM

    Keith Altham obituary

    Journalist who pioneered the role of rock music PR in the UK and looked after the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Beach Boys
  • Photo of PENTANGLEUNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of PENTANGLE; Group performing - L-R Danny Thompson, Bert Jansch, Terry Cox, Jacqui McShee and John Renbourn (Photo by Brian Shuel/Redferns)

    Terry Cox obituary

    Drummer with Pentangle, the folk-rock group who found fame in the 1960s with their fusion of jazz, blues and traditional songs

February 2026

  • Willie Colon in concert at Hard Rock Live in Los Angeles, America - 25 Nov 2012Willie Colon Willie Colon in concert at Hard Rock Live in Los Angeles, America - 25 Nov 2012

    Willie Colón obituary

  • Ebo Taylor with guitar singing on stage

    Ebo Taylor obituary

December 2025

  • Obit Joe ElyFILE - Joe Ely performs during the "Tsunami Relief — Austin to South Asia" concert at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, Texas Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005. (AP Photo/Kelly West, file)

    Joe Ely obituary

  • Raul Malo performing with the Mavericks at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival in 2017.

    Raul Malo obituary

November 2025

  • Lô Borges onstage at Qualistage, Rio de Janeiro, July 2023.

    Lô Borges obituary

    Singer-songwriter revered in Brazil for founding the Clube da Esquina collective and releasing two landmark albums of the 1970s

October 2025

  • Singer Shirley AbicairAustralian singer Shirley Abicair playing the zither on September 5th, 1961. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Shirley Abicair obituary

    Australian singer and musician who became a regular on children’s TV programmes in the UK in the 1950s and 60s

August 2025

  • Flaco Jimenez

    Flaco Jiménez obituary

  • Ziad Rahbani

    Ziad Rahbani obituary

May 2025

  • Martin Carthy at home in Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire.

    ‘Dylan said: teach me that!’ Martin Carthy on six decades of Scarborough Fair – and his new solo album

    As the folk icon celebrates his 84th birthday, he looks back on falling out with Paul Simon, smashing up pianos with Dylan – and the classic song he’s still not got quite right

April 2025

  • Photo of Wizz JONES<br>UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 05: WEMBLEY CONFERENCE CENTRE Photo of Wizz JONES (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns)

    Wizz Jones obituary

  • 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

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

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