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London's Tower Bridge is turning into a giant sound sculpture
Music

London's Tower Bridge is turning into a giant sound sculpture

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
Music

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth

Songs of praise: Snoop, Dylan, Bieber and a history of musicians finding God
Music

Songs of praise: Snoop, Dylan, Bieber and a history of musicians finding God

Remembering Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson – the man who knew the score
Music

Remembering Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson – the man who knew the score

Watch Public Service Broadcasting's coal industry-lamenting music video
Public Service Broadcasting HERO
Music

Watch Public Service Broadcasting's coal industry-lamenting music video

Fuzzy illogic – why it's never too late to fall for Felt and Lawrence
Music

Fuzzy illogic – why it's never too late to fall for Felt and Lawrence

The gender equality struggle is real, even in the 'liberal and lovely' arts
Music

The gender equality struggle is real, even in the 'liberal and lovely' arts

Everything is Recorded kicks off Big Issue-backed cinema revamp
Sampha Hackney Arts Centre
Music

Everything is Recorded kicks off Big Issue-backed cinema revamp

Franz Ferdinand, Always Ascending – Glasgow's finest are on the up and up
Music

Franz Ferdinand, Always Ascending – Glasgow's finest are on the up and up

Five things we learned from E Street Band legend Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt
Music

Five things we learned from E Street Band legend Steven Van Zandt

Classical music – orchestrating creativity at the annual ABO conference
Music

Classical music – orchestrating creativity at the annual ABO conference

Philip Glass: “I knew many great people. So many of them are gone now"
Music

Philip Glass: “I knew many great people. So many of them are gone now"

Songs that saved my life – pianist James Rhodes on music's redeptive power
Music

Songs that saved my life – pianist James Rhodes on music's redeptive power

Music's good brain food agree Plato and Bono, so why's GCSE music in decline?
Music

Music's good brain food agree Plato and Bono, so why's GCSE music in decline?

Steven Van Zandt: 'We brought down apartheid through rock'n'roll'
Steven Van Zandt
Music

Steven Van Zandt: 'We brought down apartheid through rock'n'roll'

First Aid Kit and Nils Frahm's new albums will warm you through the winter
Music

First Aid Kit and Nils Frahm's new albums will warm you through the winter

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Chuck D: 'I wanted to transcend hip-hop'
Chuck D
Interview

Chuck D: 'I wanted to transcend hip-hop'

Glen Hansard: "We've fallen below a threshold of decency"
Music

Glen Hansard: "We've fallen below a threshold of decency"

Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie has been dividing critics and audiences alike
Music

Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie has been dividing critics and audiences alike

Still the ultimate soul man – Otis Redding 50 years on
Music

Still the ultimate soul man – Otis Redding 50 years on

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