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Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles
Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison playing their famous gig on a London rooftop
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Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
Billy Bragg. Image: Jill Furmanovsky
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Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life
Dan Reynolds and Imagine Dragons
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Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Xavier Vila
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Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie

Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Lola Leng Taylor
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Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’

Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'
Terry Hall of The Specials. Photo: Richard Saker/Shutterstock
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Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'
Shaun Ruder holds a face mask up which says call the cops
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Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'

Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: 'Younger people are suffering'
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Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: 'Younger people are suffering'

Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing
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Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing

Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion
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Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion

Musician buries the only copy of his album and urges fans to find it
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Musician buries the only copy of his album and urges fans to find it

Greentea Peng: 'Music has been a healing experience'
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Greentea Peng: 'Music has been a healing experience'

Musicians in Exile: The group uniting refugees via song
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Musicians in Exile: The group uniting refugees via song

Samara Joy shows the Great American Songbook still matters
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Samara Joy shows the Great American Songbook still matters

Emmylou Harris: 'The only thing I knew how to do was sing, I had no choice'
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Emmylou Harris: 'The only thing I knew how to do was sing, I had no choice'

Return of Green Man festival is a resurgence for music and the community
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Return of Green Man festival is a resurgence for music and the community

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tom Odell: 'Billie Eilish is phenomenal and formidable and fearless'
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Tom Odell: 'Billie Eilish is phenomenal and formidable and fearless'

Houses Slide: Opera star gets on her bike to tackle climate change
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Houses Slide: Opera star gets on her bike to tackle climate change

Jackson Browne: 'The best is always yet to come'
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Jackson Browne: 'The best is always yet to come'

Kat Von D: People know me for tattoos and makeup but music is my love
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Kat Von D: People know me for tattoos and makeup but music is my love

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