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Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
He’s had an incredible career in music, but the Radiohead star still regrets upsetting his history teacher, and growing a ponytail
Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
Top Stories
Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
Interviews
Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money
Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money
Classical music
The Piano’s Brad Kella: ‘I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams’
The Piano’s Brad Kella: ‘I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams’
Karl Jenkins: ‘I’m still not respected in some quarters of classical music’
Karl Jenkins: ‘I’m still not respected in some quarters of classical music’
How classical music is taking cues from pop’s taste for retro
How classical music is taking cues from pop’s taste for retro
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
Jazz
Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’
Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’
Glastonbury 2024: There’s a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
Glastonbury 2024: There’s a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
How the UK’s jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
How the UK’s jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
The Music That Made Me
Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage
Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage
Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘I’m making a playlist for my funeral. It’s about five hours’ worth’
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘I’m making a playlist for my funeral. It’s about five hours’ worth’
David Duchovny: ‘I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon’
