Music
Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard: ‘I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people’

Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard: ‘I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people’
Ben Gibbard talks about his life in music, his political awakening and the inspiration he took from the Seattle music scene of the early 1990s
Lisa Maffia: ‘To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t’

Lisa Maffia: ‘To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t’
Maffia was a tomboy who grew up to sing in So Solid Crew before launching a stellar solo career. She just wishes she’d enjoyed Top of the Pops a bit more
The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’
A new taskforce is getting “under the hood of what people with dementia want and need from interacting with music”
Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’
Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’
Kevin Rowland: ‘The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy’

Kevin Rowland: ‘The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy’
Natalie Imbruglia: ‘Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel’

Natalie Imbruglia: ‘Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel’
‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’
Jordan Stephens: ‘You can’t ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go’

Jordan Stephens: ‘You can’t ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go’
‘I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point’

‘I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point’
The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died’

The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died’
How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia

How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia
Beth Orton: ‘Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world’

Beth Orton: ‘Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world’
Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts

Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts
Becky Hill: ‘Grassroots music venues desperately need our help’

Becky Hill: ‘Grassroots music venues desperately need our help’
Miki Berenyi: ‘Grassroots gigs are 100 times more intense than stadium shows’

Miki Berenyi: ‘Grassroots gigs are 100 times more intense than stadium shows’
Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’
No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you

No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you
How The Reytons are ‘levelling the playing field’ for working class kids

How The Reytons are ‘levelling the playing field’ for working class kids
Shirley Manson: ‘If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society’

Shirley Manson: ‘If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society’
Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026

Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026
Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’

Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’

‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’
Sara Bareilles: ‘Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress’

