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Lloyd Cole: 'My younger self would probably be appalled I'm still performing with grey hair'
Lloyd Cole
Letter To My Younger Self

Lloyd Cole: 'My younger self would probably be appalled I'm still performing with grey hair'

Singer-songwriter Wrabel on his music being used as a tool for queer activism
Music

Singer-songwriter Wrabel on his music being used as a tool for queer activism

Why Sweden is top when it comes to pop
Abba winning Eurovision
Malcolm Jack

Why Sweden is top when it comes to pop

Tobias Forge explains the surprise influence of Eurovision on metal band Ghost
Tobias Forge of the band Ghost
Music

Tobias Forge explains the surprise influence of Eurovision on metal band Ghost

The female composers you should be listening to on International Women's Day
Her Ensemble. Credit: Noëmie Bottiau
Music

The female composers you should be listening to on International Women's Day

Farewell Betty Davis: Raw funk pioneer
Deb Grant

Farewell Betty Davis: Raw funk pioneer

Has Coventry's year as UK City of Culture shaken off its Ghost Town past?
Music

Has Coventry's year as UK City of Culture shaken off its Ghost Town past?

Watch now: Exclusive video from Yungblud’s ‘make or break’ US tour
Yungblud sends message from US tour
Yungblud

Watch now: Exclusive video from Yungblud’s ‘make or break’ US tour

'I'll never forget it': Guest editor Yungblud reveals how a Big Issue seller turned his life around
Yungblud

'I'll never forget it': Guest editor Yungblud reveals how a Big Issue seller turned his life around

Spotify row: why artists should take lessons from Garth Brooks
Music

Spotify row: why artists should take lessons from Garth Brooks

Terezín: Music the Nazis couldn't silence
Music

Terezín: Music the Nazis couldn't silence

Mo Gilligan: 'The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn't sunk in'
Music

Mo Gilligan: 'The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn't sunk in'

Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'
Sam Fender Photo: Mary Turner/The New York Times
Music

Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'

Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears
Music

Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears

Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'
Letter To My Younger Self

Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'

'A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe': Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy Neil Hannon looks back at the music that made him. Photo: Kevin Westenberg
The Music That Made Me

'A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe': Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How The Big Issue is helping to keep London's music scene alive
Live Music

How The Big Issue is helping to keep London's music scene alive

Don't forget the imprisoned protesters of Belarus
Music

Don't forget the imprisoned protesters of Belarus

Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz
Jazz

Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet
Music

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet

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