Universal appeal… Horsegirl. Photograph: Cheryl DunnUniversal appeal… Horsegirl. Photograph: Cheryl DunnOne to watchIndieThe indie teen trio from Chicago are releasing their debut album after making waves – and fans their parents’ age – at SXSW
As with so many great bands, Chicago three-piece Horsegirl were born out of an intense teenage friendship: “We were sending each other old videos, reading Kim Gordon’s book religiously and becoming obsessed with all this music,” guitarist and singer Penelope Lowenstein told the Chicago Reader. Read More...
World newsPro-Russian forces accused of seizing Chechen rebel's widowPro-Russian forces have allegedly kidnapped a young woman who secretly married Shamil Basayev, the Chechen warlord who was killed last month.
Elina Ersenoyeva, 26, was seized in Chechnya's capital, Grozny, on August 17 by masked gunmen - thought to be loyal to the Kremlin - in an apparent attempt to extract information about her husband's accomplices and finances.
Tatyana Lokshina, of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights office in Moscow, described the abduction as " Read More...
ObituaryRobin CaneRobin Cane, a British ski instructor and musician who died in an avalanche in the French Alps last month aged 48, was a man of the land, sea and air, equally comfortable in the orchestra pit at Glyndebourne, crewing the Aldeburgh lifeboat or flying an aeroplane over his native Norfolk.
After a brief spell in the Life Guards as a junior bandsman, he developed his musical skills at college. He went on to teach music in the Cambridge area and, invited to join a pupils' trip, quickly discovered an aptitude and talent for skiing. Read More...