Damon Albarn News
Bobby Womack: 'I can sing my ass off, better than I could before'
Published on 24. May 2012
Bobby Womack is so proud of his magnificent new album, The Bravest Man in the Universe, that nothing will stop him talking about it. Alexis Petridis gets an audience at the soul legend's hospital bedside
Blur have abandoned album sessions, says William Orbit
Published on 24. May 2012
Recording was apparently stopped at the behest of Damon Albarn, to the bafflement of the rest of the band
Sleeve notes: Farewell to Donna Summer
Published on 18. May 2012
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of music
Damon Albarn's Dr Dee live session - video
Published on 17. May 2012
Damon Albarn visits the Guardian studio with a baroque ensemble to perform two songs from his opera Dr Dee
Damon Albarn and Baaba Maal: All aboard the Africa Express!
Published on 10. May 2012
A collaboration of African and western musicians, Africa Express is now headlining festivals and planning a huge train tour of the UK this year. Damon Albarn and Baaba Maal explain how it came about
Old music: Scott Walker – The World's Strongest Man
Published on 10. May 2012
George Chesterton: Scott 4 didn't chart, but it showed Scott Walker at his warmest and most gentle
Damon Albarn: Dr Dee – review
Published on 06. May 2012
Damon Albarn's hymn to 16th-century polymath John Dee is arcane yet fascinating, writes Kitty Empire
Damon Albarn: Dr Dee – review
Published on 03. May 2012
Damon Albarn's latest concept album concerns Elizabethan mathematician/philosopher John Dee; the story's pretty opaque, but the music's great, writes Robin Denselow
New music: Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe
Published on 01. May 2012
Michael Cragg: The soul legend's voice is given even richer resonance thanks to Damon Albarn and Richard Russell's production
Kwes: 'I don't like being the centre of attention'
Published on 29. April 2012
'Free-pop' pioneer and in-demand producer Kwes, playing at the Great Escape in May, had made three albums by the time he was 17, writes Killian Fox
DAMON ALBARN ANNOUNCES DR DEE RELEASE DETAILS
Published on 07. March 2012
"I exist towards the end of another Elizabeth's reign, her sort of golden twilight years.
DAMON ALBARN GOES TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ON PHILANTHROPIC MISSION
Published on 21. July 2011
[0|left] Damon Albarn is set to travel to the Democratic Republic Of Congo to record an album in a week.