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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

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

The best live acts to look forward to in 2022
Live Music

The best live acts to look forward to in 2022

What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?
Sam Fender at Newcastle West End Foodbank.
Music

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

New versions of The Snowman score can't cause its legacy to disappear
Claire Jackson

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

Are songs written by robots the sound of Christmas future?
Is artificial intelligence the key to transforming our beloved but dated Christmas tunes? Illustration by Kyle Hilton
Malcolm Jack

Are songs written by robots the sound of Christmas future?

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

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

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

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

Simon Le Bon: 'I’m very lucky. Solo artists have nobody to tell them they’re being an arsehole'
Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon
Letter To My Younger Self

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Where to catch some live Christmas music this year
Claire Jackson

Where to catch some live Christmas music this year

Engelbert Humperdinck: 'I've lost fortunes, my dear. Fortunes'
Letter To My Younger Self

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

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

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

An independent record store is boycotting Adele's new album in a row over vinyl
Ben Savage stands outside Skeleton Records vinyl store in Birkenhead
Music

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

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