1. Best music of 2021 | The Guardian
16 December 2021 · Unearthing gems: the best classical releases of 2021 · The 50 best albums of 2021, No 2: Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend.
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2. The 20 best songs of 2021 | Music | The Guardian
29 nov 2021 · We celebrate everything from Lil Nas X's conservative-baiting Montero to Wet Leg's instant indie classic – as voted for by 31 of the Guardian's music writers.
We celebrate everything from Lil Nas X’s conservative-baiting Montero to Wet Leg’s instant indie classic – as voted for by 31 of the Guardian’s music writers
3. The 50 best albums of 2021 | Music - The Guardian
30 nov 2021 · This list is drawn from votes by Guardian music critics – each critic votes for their Top 20 albums, with points allocated for each placing.
And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021
4. The 10 best contemporary albums of 2021 | Music - The Guardian
22 dec 2021 · The 10 best contemporary albums of 2021 · 1. Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/London Symphony Orchestra – Promises · 2. Stick in the Wheel – ...
The year’s best experiments ranged from Blank Gloss’s ambient Americana to Space Afrika’s manipulated Manchester field recordings and Floating Points’ extraordinary electronic masterpiece
5. The 10 best global albums of 2021 | Music | The Guardian
21 dec 2021 · The 10 best global albums of 2021 · 1. Toumani Diabaté and the London Symphony Orchestra – Kôrôlén · 2. Malcolm Jiyane - Umdali · 3. Mabe Fratti ...
Introspective cello in Mexico, rich South African jazz and a Malian master’s marriage of kora with symphonic orchestration were among the year’s highlights
6. Sound and vision | The Guardian
Your handy guide to must-watch TV and must-listen radio and podcasts. 17 September 2021 Sound and Vision(1) This week's home entertainment: from Taskmaster to ...
Your handy guide to must-watch TV and must-listen radio and podcasts
7. Pa Salieu wins BBC Sound of 2021 poll for new music talent
7 jan 2021 · Coventry rapper Pa Salieu has topped the BBC's latest tastemaking Sound of poll, which tips music artists destined for success each year.
Coventry rapper who released acclaimed mixtape in November says it ‘feels mad’ to win prize won by Adele, Sam Smith and Haim in the past
8. Hidden gems 2021: great albums you may have missed - The Guardian
18 dec 2021 · From ambient bliss and Swedish pop zingers to Americana's best-kept secret, the Observer's critics pick some of this year's releases that deserve a wider ...
From ambient bliss and Swedish pop zingers to Americana’s best-kept secret, the Observer’s critics pick some of this year’s releases that deserve a wider audience
9. 'Ear-marvellous': how to enjoy the music and sounds of the world that ...
4 aug 2024 · On Mars, the sound of the wind, recorded for the first time in 2021, is more desolate than the sound of any frozen desert on Earth. When it ...
A fuller appreciation of the sounds that surround us can transform your life
10. The Audio Long Read | News | The Guardian
15 dec 2021 · The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian's long reads, giving you the opportunity to get on with your day while listening ...
The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian’s long reads, giving you the opportunity to get on with your day while listening to some of the finest longform journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on current affairs, climate change, global warming, immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more. The podcast explores a range of subjects and news across business, global politics (including Trump, Israel, Palestine and Gaza), money, philosophy, science, internet culture, modern life, war, climate change, current affairs, music and trends, and seeks to answer key questions around them through in depth interviews explainers, and analysis with quality Guardian reporting. Through first person accounts, narrative audio storytelling and investigative reporting, the Audio Long Read seeks to dive deep, debunk myths and uncover hidden histories. In previous episodes we have asked questions like: do we need a new theory of evolution? Whether Trump can win the US presidency or not? Why can't we stop quantifying our lives? Why have our nuclear fears faded? Why do so many bikes end up underwater? How did Germany get hooked on Russian energy? Are we all prisoners of geography? How was London's Olympic legacy sold out? Who owns Einstein? Is free will an illusion? What lies beghind the Arctic's Indigenous suicide crisis? What is the mystery of India's deadly exam scam? Who is the man who built his own cathedral? And, how did the...
11. Miranda Sawyer's best audio of 2021 | Radio | The Guardian
26 dec 2021 · Emma Barnett and Anita Rani shook up Woman's Hour, commercial radio wooed sixtysomethings, and Barack and the Boss got chatting on Spotify.
Emma Barnett and Anita Rani shook up Woman’s Hour, commercial radio wooed sixtysomethings, and Barack and the Boss got chatting on Spotify
