Malcolm Jack
Malcolm Jack
Malcolm Jack is Pop and Rock Music Editor for The Big Issue and a freelance music, arts and features journalist for a variety of print and online titles.
Let’s think before we rip up and start again – on the tactile legacy of pop
Music

Let’s think before we rip up and start again – on the tactile legacy of pop

David Byrne on ‘American Utopia’ and the importance of outsider art
Music

David Byrne on ‘American Utopia’ and the importance of outsider art

Could any of this year’s World Cup songs be made worse by a Chris Waddle rap?
News

Could any of this year’s World Cup songs be made worse by a Chris Waddle rap?

Flash forward 50 years and the Stones’ most played song lives on and on
Music

Flash forward 50 years and the Stones’ most played song lives on and on

The Bridge’s Sofia Helin on why it’s time to leave the dark side
TV

The Bridge’s Sofia Helin on why it’s time to leave the dark side

The E Street Band’s Nils Lofgren: The songs that made me
Radio

The E Street Band’s Nils Lofgren: The songs that made me

Remembering the cathartic sweary sadness of Scott Hutchison
Music

Remembering the cathartic sweary sadness of Scott Hutchison

Super regrouper! ABBA are back and it was The Big Issue wot done it (sort of)
Music

Super regrouper! ABBA are back and it was The Big Issue wot done it (sort of)

Chvrches are ascending to the top of festival bills
Music

Chvrches are ascending to the top of festival bills

Limmy is the comic relief that techno never even knew it needed
Music

Limmy is the comic relief that techno never even knew it needed

Shaggy, Sting, and the most ambitious crossover events in music history
Music

Shaggy, Sting, and the most ambitious crossover events in music history

Musical youth – is children’s song finally getting a much needed shake-up?
Music

Musical youth – is children’s song finally getting a much needed shake-up?