Interviews with leading figures from the arts
theartsdesk Q&A: jazz musician Charles Lloyd
Saturday, 20 November 2021
Miles Davis stole Charles Lloyd’s band, and much else.
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theartsdesk Q&A: Low, the band - 'Structure is key in minimalism. Especially in pop minimalism'
Friday, 19 November 2021
After its mid-September release Low’s 13th studio album Hey What hit 23 on the UK’s Official Charts, their highest ranking to date. Back in early 2001, Things We Lost in the Fire topped out at number 81. Despite the increasing profile, Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk remain largely autonomous. There’s the odd change of bass player, label or producer, but their work together as Low is self-determined. They do what they want, and they define Low.
'A nun destroyed my tent': artist Kate...
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
It’s been a turbulent week for British artist Kate Daudy. Am I My Brother’s Keeper, her refugee tent (main picture), the art installation...
Documenting the unimaginable: photographer...
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Sebastião Salgado has carved out his career by documenting the unimaginable. He takes areas of life all too often ignored by wealthy westerners...
RIP dancer and photographer Colin Jones - obituary
Friday, 01 October 2021
In the ballet world, Colin Jones, who died on 22 September aged 85, was famous for being married, for a while, to the great Royal Ballet ballerina...
10 Questions for writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley
The author of 'My Body Keeps Your Secrets' on trauma, shame and community |
theartsdesk Q&A: filmmaker Marco Kreuzpaintner
What his new film 'The Collini Case' says about Germany, the Nazis, justice and the law |
theartsdesk Q&A: writer and comedian Tom Davis
From singing Disney songs in drag to 'Murder in Successville' and BBC One's 'King Gary' |
10 Questions for novelist Mieko Kawakami
Assaying 'Heaven' - the Japanese writer on childhood, vulnerability, and violence as a complement to beauty |
10 Questions for Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream
The singer talks concept albums, Mary Chain days, and his new music with singer Jehnny Beth |
theartsdesk Q&A: choreographer Christopher Scott
The creator of the sizzling dance scenes for 'In The Heights' on how they came about |
theartsdesk Q&A: composer and conductor Carl Davis
The silent film specialist on shot lists, bass drums and the perils of projection speeds |
Singer-songwriter Peggy Seeger: still in the vanguard of her musical dynasty
A member of America's great musical clan, Peggy Seeger has been a fixture on the British folk scene for more than 60 years |
Filmmaker Darius Marder: 'Deafness is a culture. That's not being PC'
Writer and director on Sound of Metal's long journey from concept to award nominations |
theartsdesk Q&A: Author Sam Mills on the phenomenon of the 'chauvo-feminist'
The novelist and non-fiction writer discusses #MeToo and her latest long-form essay |
theartsdesk Q&A: conductor Klaus Mäkelä
Balancing freedom and control in Oslo and Paris |
10 Questions for Vocalist-Lyricist Georgia Mancio
Portraying beauty, dignity and hope - and love, joy and sadness - in song |
theartsdesk Q&A: Daryl Hall
Legendary singer-songwriter talks recording, vaccines and reaching a billion streams |
theartsdesk Q&A: actor and comedian Andi Osho on her debut novel 'Asking For A Friend'
The multi-tasking artist talks social media, 'Line of Duty', and learning how to not act |
theartsdesk Q&A: Amina Cain on her first novel and her eternal fascination with suggestion
The American writer discusses 'Indelicacy' and characters who are flawed and unfixed |
theartsdesk Q&A: Isabella Pappas on how 'Finding Alice' is a blueprint for bereavement
Youngest star of the ITV drama discusses grief, teenage girls, and getting into character |
theartsdesk Q&A: actor Polly Walker on 'Bridgerton' and the new breed of period drama
Talking wigs, women, and her (brief) experience of coronavirus |
10 Questions for Musician and Broadcaster Cerys Matthews
Thoughts on an album which places poets centre-stage |
theartsdesk Q&A: poet laureate Simon Armitage on landscapes, libraries, home and edgelands
Interview with the Yorkshire-born poet ahead of his appearance on The South Bank Show |
Filmmaker Frank Marshall: 'People don’t understand what geniuses The Bee Gees were'
Director of the new Bee Gees documentary discusses the brothers' legacy in music |
10 Questions for Singer/Pianist Joe Stilgoe
Joe Stilgoe learned 250 new songs for the 67 episodes of "Stilgoe in the Shed" |
theartsdesk Q&A: Mick Talbot of The Style Council
The keyboard don discusses the very Eighties ups and downs of life in The Style Council |
Filmmaker Bassam Tariq: 'Great cinema doesn't need to be perfect - embrace the imperfections'
Director of 'Mogul Mowgli' discusses taking risks, and the differences between the British- and American-Asian experience |
10 Questions for Poet and Critic Rebecca Tamás
On 'Strangers' and the urgent interconnectedness of the human and non-human |
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