Music
You don’t need a penis to be a music producer: the women breaking barriers![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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You don’t need a penis to be a music producer: the women breaking barriers
Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK
From Coldplay to COP26: Is a greener music industry possible?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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From Coldplay to COP26: Is a greener music industry possible?
Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music
The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new
Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles
Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism’
Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life
Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’
Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’
Shaun Ryder: ‘It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Shaun Ryder: ‘It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us’
Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: ‘Younger people are suffering’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: ‘Younger people are suffering’
Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing
Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion
Musician buries the only copy of his album and urges fans to find it![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Musician buries the only copy of his album and urges fans to find it
Greentea Peng: ‘Music has been a healing experience’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Greentea Peng: ‘Music has been a healing experience’
Samara Joy shows the Great American Songbook still matters![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Samara Joy shows the Great American Songbook still matters
Emmylou Harris: ‘The only thing I knew how to do was sing, I had no choice’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Emmylou Harris: ‘The only thing I knew how to do was sing, I had no choice’
Return of Green Man festival is a resurgence for music and the community![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Return of Green Man festival is a resurgence for music and the community
Tom Odell: ‘Billie Eilish is phenomenal and formidable and fearless’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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