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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.
What does a socially distanced gig look like?
Opinion

What does a socially distanced gig look like?

Summer sounds are still sizzling even without that warm festival beer
Music

Summer sounds are still sizzling even without that warm festival beer

Join the listening party with Tim Burgess
Music

Join the listening party with Tim Burgess

Mr Motivator is giving Big Issue readers a weekly self-isolation workout
Health

Mr Motivator is giving Big Issue readers a weekly self-isolation workout

With coronavirus and Brexit, musicians need our support more than ever
Politics

With coronavirus and Brexit, musicians need our support more than ever

Alabaster dePlume’s life-affirming outsider art
Music

Alabaster dePlume’s life-affirming outsider art

Nathaniel Rateliff reveals how grief and regret drove his emotional new album
Music

Nathaniel Rateliff reveals how grief and regret drove his emotional new album

Keeping Up Appearances is a resonant farewell to Patrick Doyle
Music

Keeping Up Appearances is a resonant farewell to Patrick Doyle

Ivor Cutler and the collapse of legacies
Music

Ivor Cutler and the collapse of legacies

Base notes: bittersweet memories triggered by perfume and music
Music

Base notes: bittersweet memories triggered by perfume and music

Meet the man fighting for the royalties due to the unsung heroes of Christmas
Music

Meet the man fighting for the royalties due to the unsung heroes of Christmas

Coldplay honour ‘beautiful music’ of Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison
Music

Coldplay honour ‘beautiful music’ of Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison