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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.
Artificial intelligence: Is AI about to rewrite music history?
Music

Artificial intelligence: Is AI about to rewrite music history?

‘You can almost smell it’: How music moves us during lockdown
Music

‘You can almost smell it’: How music moves us during lockdown

Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison
News

Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison

The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls
News

The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls

Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
Music

Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers

Feeling good: How music helps us heal
Music

Feeling good: How music helps us heal

Rock royalty: Cashing in on a classic
Music

Rock royalty: Cashing in on a classic

Seoul music: How K-Pop is embracing Christmas
Music

Seoul music: How K-Pop is embracing Christmas

Standing up to the tyranny in Belarus… with music
Activism

Standing up to the tyranny in Belarus… with music

Music keeps us sane: We’ll need it more than ever until Covid is over
Music

Music keeps us sane: We’ll need it more than ever until Covid is over

What price to pay when Everything Is Free?
Music

What price to pay when Everything Is Free?

Big Joanie is keeping the DIY, no-frills spirit of punk very much alive
Music

Big Joanie is keeping the DIY, no-frills spirit of punk very much alive