Charlotte Richardson Andrews is a freelance journalist. She blogs here and can be found on Twitter @_choobacca
July 2019
Punk hellraiser Lydia Lunch: 'I'm chronically misunderstood – but I get off on it'
The runaway, singer and counter-culture icon is hitting 60 – and is as incendiary as ever, touring and raging against polluters and politicians in a rip-roaring book
March 2019
Janine Rainforth: the cult post-punk hero confronting sexual violence
The Maximum Joy frontwoman’s career was cut short by assault and trauma. Four decades on, she is back with an album full of hard-won hope
October 2018
The season of the witch: how Sabrina and co are casting their spell over TV
Diverse, digitally savvy and definitely feminist, our screens are full of witches who embody a new imagining of the original ‘nasty woman’
August 2018
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on life after Chester Bennington: 'I cope by staying in motion'
The rapper lost his bandmate to suicide last year. But his solo tour has been a place for fans – and him – to process their grief
March 2018
Meshell Ndegeocello: Ventriloquism review – timeless, lustrous take on 90s R&B
February 2018
Anna von Hausswolff: Dead Magic review – doomy epic from a supernatural talent
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Kendrick Lamar is perfect for Reading and Leeds: rappers are the new rock stars
Charlotte Richardson Andrews
The outrage following the festival announcement is the last gasp of juvenile rockists, writes freelance journalist Charlotte Richardson Andrews
Marmozets: ‘I learned to walk again. When your body changes, your music changes'
Things were going great for the Bingley rockers until singer Becca McInyre was diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome, but after a painful recuperation, she’s back crowdsurfing
December 2017
St Vincent on Masseduction: ‘These songs have a whole other life now’
Annie Clark is ‘psyched’ to win the Guardian’s album of the year, but she is already busy thinking of the next thing
November 2017
Mandatory balaclavas and posh nibbles: Pussy Riot pop-up is the worst kind of misery porn
Two members of Pussy Riot were in London to tell their story in opposing ways. One felt pointless and cynical, the other powerful and exhilarating
September 2017
Susheela Raman: ‘I always think, what would Björk do?
Tori Amos: 'Menopause is the hardest teacher I've met. Harder than fame'
July 2017
'More flats equal more council tax': the fight for Kingston's music scene
Live music venues are closing across the borough, with the Hippodrome the latest potential casualty – and promises of a new auditorium are vague
May 2017
Music blog
Twitterstorm: why British birdsong is vital to music
From the nightingale to the linnet, via the blackcap and the corn bunting, UK birdsong is as unique and inspiring as the music it influences
December 2016
'Don't eat the kebabs' – Tupac, Kurt, and the best musician-to-musician letters
Laura Jane Grace’s autobiography remembers a letter Bruce Springsteen wrote to her – another addition to the rich catalogue of revealing notes stars have penned each other
November 2016
10 of the best
Tori Amos – 10 of the best
Baroque, dissonant and unapologetic in confronting taboos, Amos has never been bound by conventions. Here are her career-defining tracks
August 2016
Music blog
Rock-horror: how Buffy the Vampire Slayer's music continues to draw blood
It wasn’t only through its lead character that Joss Whedon’s show put gender roles centre-stage. Two decades on, its tunes still inspire bands and fans
July 2016
Music blog
The return of Jungle Fever brings together the best in old and new raving
More than 20 years after it first launched, the club that helped birth the jungle scene is still one step ahead of the game
March 2016
Music blog
Green days: why outsider musicians are putting eco-consciousness on record
Music blog
Songs for our fathers: why family makes for the most powerful music
