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Chi-chi Nwanoku
Music

Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends'

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Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys drummer
Arctic Monkeys x Big Issue

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’

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Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies in his stage makeup
protest music

First western band to play war-torn Ukraine The Tiger Lillies say it’s their ‘duty’

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Shirley Collins
Letter to my Younger Self

Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary

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pride

How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Interview

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Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme

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Shirley and Dolly Collins
Sexism

Shirley Collins tells how 'heartbreaking' divorce stole her singing voice

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Feminist electroclash band Le Tigre (l-r Kathleen Hanna, JD Samson, Johanna Fateman) in 2004
Interview

‘There’s no rules’: Le Tigre bring feminist protest back to the dancefloor

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WITCH band members today
New album

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Paul Simon: 'Seven Psalms is very much about God. But not always praise'

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Festivals

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment

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Climate protest

Erland Cooper's slowly thawing call to arms

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Noel Gallagher
Letter to my Younger Self

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Interview

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Daniel Pioro
Collaboration

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons reimagined by Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro

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concerts

Beyoncé's Renaissance tour takes the stadium pop arms race to a new level

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Interview

Classical pianist RIOPY says anyone can learn to play this anxiety-busting tune in less than an hour. Does it work?

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