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Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz
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Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive
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Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive

‘The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them’
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‘The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them’

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face
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The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn’t silence
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Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn’t silence

P.P. Arnold: ‘I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger’
Letter to my Younger Self

P.P. Arnold: ‘I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger’

Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts
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Born to run riot with surge pricing – ticket agencies have become the ticket touts

Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’
Letter To My Younger Self

Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’

The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash
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The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash

Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain
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Ultimate Thunder: The most punk-rock band in Britain

Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
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Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’

Music biz legend Barbara Charone lifts the lid on an incredible career
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Music biz legend Barbara Charone lifts the lid on an incredible career

Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland
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Six things we learned from Phoebe Bridgers live at Glasgow Barrowland

Calum Scott: ‘Pouring my heart out is the only way I can write’
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Calum Scott: ‘Pouring my heart out is the only way I can write’

The enduring friendship between George Michael and The Big Issue
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The enduring friendship between George Michael and The Big Issue

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles
classical music

In opera Violet, time becomes elastic and society crumbles

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Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence
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Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence

Bruce Hornsby: ‘Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live’
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Bruce Hornsby: ‘Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live’

Ensemble 360: A dawn chorus worth getting out of bed for
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Ensemble 360: A dawn chorus worth getting out of bed for

The Big Issue 2022 festival guide
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The Big Issue 2022 festival guide