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The BBC is the repository of our cultural memory. Protect it at all costs
John Peel
Music

The BBC is the repository of our cultural memory. Protect it at all costs

Pixies frontman Black Francis: 'I tend to be somewhat isolationist'
Black Francis
Music

Pixies frontman Black Francis: 'I tend to be somewhat isolationist'

The Queen's funeral: The soundtrack to a sendoff
Piper at the Queen's funeral
Music

The Queen's funeral: The soundtrack to a sendoff

Exclusive: 7 things we learned from Alex Turner about new Arctic Monkeys album The Car
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys

Exclusive: 7 things we learned from Alex Turner about new Arctic Monkeys album The Car

Jarvis Cocker to raise money for NHS with new This Is Going To Hurt soundtrack LP 
Jarvis Cocker has written a love letter to the NHS. Photo: Tom Jackson
Music

Jarvis Cocker to raise money for NHS with new This Is Going To Hurt soundtrack LP 

Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths
Theon Cross is featured on Blue Note Re:imagined II
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Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths

Stone Club: The most literal rock tour you'll ever see
Lally MacBeth and Matthew Shaw
Music

Stone Club: The most literal rock tour you'll ever see

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants
Natasha Agarwal as Neera and Jamal Andreas as Jai in WNO’s Migrations
Music

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants

Arcade Fire tour: ‘Just some humans doing our best'
Arcade Fire in Glasgow
Review

Arcade Fire tour: ‘Just some humans doing our best'

Self Esteem's righteous reinvention should lead to Mercury Prize glory
Self Esteem live
Music

Self Esteem's righteous reinvention should lead to Mercury Prize glory

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston

Muse: Will of the People review – 'Mad, bad, dangerous, and unreasonably good fun'
Muse Will of the People album cover
Album review

Muse: Will of the People review – 'Mad, bad, dangerous, and unreasonably good fun'

Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'
Alex Turner and Martin Compston
Exclusive

Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Music

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive
arctic monkeys singer alex turner leans into a microphone while singing and wearing an open pale blue shirt and sunglasses
Global exclusive

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive

'The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them'
Elaha Soroor
Music

'The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face
music

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn't silence
Namewee and Kimberley Chen sit at a pink table with a dancing panda bear behind them
Protest

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn't silence

P.P. Arnold: 'I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger'
Letter to my Younger Self

P.P. Arnold: 'I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger'

Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts
Music

Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts

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