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Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Recent years have seen British soul-funk greats Cymnade achieve the recognition they richly deserve. Their new album should continue their winning streak
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Talented students relying on bursaries will be hit worse by Labour’s plans to hike VAT in private schools
Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
If you’re the Keane singer’s dentist, look away now
Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘People pay too much attention to the noise around them’
Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘People pay too much attention to the noise around them’
Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
Tom Grennan: ‘The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer’
Tom Grennan: ‘The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer’
I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘It wasn’t the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music’
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘It wasn’t the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music’
Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’
James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’
‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic
‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’
Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’
X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’
X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’
Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’
Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’
Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
