Celeste Bell, the daughter of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene, opens her documentary “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche” with a simple question: Was her punk rock icon mother a good parent? It comes as no ...

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American Songbook: Singer Outsiders is a new series at Lincoln Center that “uplifts women and nonbinary musicians who have shaped the modern landscape of music and continue to drive conversations on ...

Punk icon and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band, and a key influence on the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements. She was survived ...

Attention, New Yorkers who like feminist punk: Lincoln Center's latest American Songbook series commences this week. This year's theme is "Singer Outsiders," spotlighting trailblazing female and ...

Poly Styrene, the ungainly, vivacious British singer whose band X-ray Spex mocked both society’s conventions and punk rock’s excesses, died April 25 in England. She was 53. In February, Styrene ...

The institution’s annual American Songbook series honors “singer outsiders” including Fanny and Poly Styrene in events curated by Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali. By Melena Ryzik For more than 65 years, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Punk pioneer Poly Styrene has died aged 53 after suffering from cancer, her website said on Tuesday. "We can confirm that the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true fighter, ...

From nudes that challenge the status quo to loving portraits of ‘dangerous’ dogs, 2023 saw photographers push political boundaries and spark vital conversations about culture and identity. From ...