Fran Healy: 'Blondie is connected with really traumatic memories'
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Fran Healy: 'Blondie is connected with really traumatic memories'

The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure: Great albums’ cover stories revealed
Album cover stories: The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure
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The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, The Cure: Great albums’ cover stories revealed

Bob Dylan: Celebrating a career that changed the world
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Bob Dylan: Celebrating a career that changed the world

Eurovision: As apolitical as it is beige
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Eurovision: As apolitical as it is beige

The 80 best Bob Dylan songs – with not a greatest hit in sight
Dylan at 80
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The 80 best Bob Dylan songs – with not a greatest hit in sight

Sons of Kemet’s new album redefines what it means to struggle for Black power
Shabaka Hutchings (right) says Sons of Kemet’s new album redefines what it means to struggle for Black power. Photo: Udoma Janssen
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Sons of Kemet’s new album redefines what it means to struggle for Black power

Eurovision 2021: Everything you need to know about this year's song contest
Eurovision 2021 favourite Destiny, from Malta
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Eurovision 2021: Everything you need to know about this year's song contest

Aloe Blacc: 'Working with Avicii was huge’
Aloe Blacc on The Music That Made Me
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Aloe Blacc: 'Working with Avicii was huge’

Artificial intelligence: Is AI about to rewrite music history?
Is artificial intelligence about to start rewriting music history? Original photo: Getty/ Frank Micelotta.
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Artificial intelligence: Is AI about to rewrite music history?

The orchestra determined to thrive in a Covid world
The orchestras determined to thrive in a Covid world. Image credit: Supplied
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The orchestra determined to thrive in a Covid world

My comfort in these trying times? Spiritual Jazz
Jazz legend Pharoah Sanders is moving with the times. Photo: Sam Polcer
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My comfort in these trying times? Spiritual Jazz

Fela Kuti is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Fela Kuti is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

How Mark E Smith's DIY ethic let him do what he pleased
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How Mark E Smith's DIY ethic let him do what he pleased

Tim Booth: 'I carried too much responsibility in James'
Tim Booth said his 16-year-old self would be surprised
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Tim Booth: 'I carried too much responsibility in James'

Beyond the soundtrack: Musicians in film
Ready for your close-up? Inhouse illustration
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Beyond the soundtrack: Musicians in film

From our very first step, humans have been slaves to the rhythm
Replicas of prehistoric Wall Paintings on the wall of a sample ancient house of Catalhoyuk in Konya, Turkey. Photo: Bonampak Temple Wall Painting (© DEA G. DAGLI ORTIDe Agostini via Getty Images)
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From our very first step, humans have been slaves to the rhythm

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
‘You can almost smell it’: How music moves us during lockdown
Music can move us, writes Malcolm Jack. Image credit: InHouse illustration
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‘You can almost smell it’: How music moves us during lockdown

Gabrielle: 'Dreams definitely can come true!'
Gabrielle has spoken to The Big Issue in a new interview. Image credit: Supplied
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Gabrielle: 'Dreams definitely can come true!'

Gabrielle: 'There was no one like me in pop music'
Gabrielle has spoken to The Big Issue in a new interview. Image credit: Supplied
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Gabrielle: 'There was no one like me in pop music'

The lyrics of sea shanties are dated but the melodies and rhythms persist
The Big Issue's crystal ball has been reliable as of late, writes Claire Jackson. Illustration: In house
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The lyrics of sea shanties are dated but the melodies and rhythms persist

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