Music

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Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz

Volatile, complicated and prone to exaggeration, Charles Mingus was also a brilliant innovator and skilled performer, composing works that are easy to listen to but much trickier to play.

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Music

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet

French horn player Felix Klieser was born without arms, but that hasn’t stopped him becoming one of the world’s major musical talents.

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Live Music

The best live acts to look forward to in 2022

Hoping that 2022 finally provides live music to return on a large, unabashed scale, Malcolm Jack picks the must-see acts that will make a it a year to remember.

Music

What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?

Claire Jackson

New versions of The Snowman score can’t cause its legacy to disappear

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Malcolm Jack

Are songs written by robots the sound of Christmas future?

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Punk

Glen Matlock: ‘I heard The Beatles and immediately wanted to start the Sex Pistols’

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Anne Frankenstein

Soweto Kinch’s pandemic reflections draw parallels with Civil Rights Movement music

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Letter To My Younger Self

Simon Le Bon: ‘I’m very lucky. Solo artists have nobody to tell them they’re being an arsehole’

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Claire Jackson

Where to catch some live Christmas music this year

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Letter To My Younger Self

Engelbert Humperdinck: ‘I’ve lost fortunes, my dear. Fortunes’

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Music

Adele’s 30 is here and she’s belting out the big numbers

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Music

An independent record store is boycotting Adele’s new album in a row over vinyl

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