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How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester’s magical jazz scene
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How Matthew Halsall enticed new ears to Manchester’s magical jazz scene

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other
Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other

Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people
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Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people

Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs
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Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs

Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent
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Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent

Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds
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Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds

Tony Allen: Inventor of Afrobeat was both technically remarkable and irresistibly funky
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Tony Allen: Inventor of Afrobeat was both technically remarkable and irresistibly funky

Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart
classical

Joseph Bologne and Karl Jenkins: Misrepresented composers, centuries apart

Andrew Ridgeley ‘was never envious’ of Wham! friend George Michael’s success
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Andrew Ridgeley ‘was never envious’ of Wham! friend George Michael’s success

Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days
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Summer songs 2023: Anthems to soundtrack sunny days

George Michael’s incredible generosity went far beyond Band Aid
George Michael

George Michael’s incredible generosity went far beyond Band Aid

George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley
pop

George Michael’s death left ‘a void’ says Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘It should not be a novelty that there’s more than one Black face on stage’
Letter To My Younger Self

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘It should not be a novelty that there’s more than one Black face on stage’

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
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‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends’
Music

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘I was not interested in just playing music by our dead white friends’

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
Arctic Monkeys x Big Issue

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’

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Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary
Letter to my Younger Self

Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary

How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers
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How classical music is finally taking Pride in its LGBT+ composers

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum

Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme
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Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme