Malcolm Jack
Malcolm Jack
Malcolm Jack is Pop and Rock Music Editor for The Big Issue and a freelance music, arts and features journalist for a variety of print and online titles.
Musicians in Exile: The group uniting refugees via song
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Musicians in Exile: The group uniting refugees via song

Return of Green Man festival is a resurgence for music and the community
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Return of Green Man festival is a resurgence for music and the community

The Olympics need an anthem. Here's what it should be
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The Olympics need an anthem. Here's what it should be

These are the feelgood hits of the strange summer
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These are the feelgood hits of the strange summer

Record Store Day and the secrets of the vinyl sleeves
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Record Store Day and the secrets of the vinyl sleeves

Eurovision: As apolitical as it is beige
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Eurovision: As apolitical as it is beige

Artificial intelligence: Is AI about to rewrite music history?
Is artificial intelligence about to start rewriting music history? Original photo: Getty/ Frank Micelotta.
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Artificial intelligence: Is AI about to rewrite music history?

‘You can almost smell it’: How music moves us during lockdown
Music can move us, writes Malcolm Jack. Image credit: InHouse illustration
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‘You can almost smell it’: How music moves us during lockdown

Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison
The Big Issue has heard from two former prisoners on how InHouse’s programmes helped them on the inside. Image credit: supplied
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Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison

The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls
InHouse Records. Aux. Volume 9, Issue 3. January 2020. Image credit: InHouse Records
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The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls

Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
A smoky, sweaty live music venue with people's hands thrown in the air
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Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers

Feeling good: How music helps us heal
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Feeling good: How music helps us heal