Music
Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring
English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring
Independent Venue Week 2024: Without grassroots music venues, there’d be no Madonna
Independent Venue Week 2024: Without grassroots music venues, there’d be no Madonna
How British composer Karl Jenkins brought the world together
How British composer Karl Jenkins brought the world together
‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years
‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years
At least two grassroots music venues closing each week
At least two grassroots music venues closing each week
LeAnn Rimes on powerful women, making mistakes and giving voice to her late gay uncle
LeAnn Rimes on powerful women, making mistakes and giving voice to her late gay uncle
Why English National Opera relocating to Manchester will be more complicated than it looks
Why English National Opera relocating to Manchester will be more complicated than it looks
Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing
Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing
Reading Robert Smith’s diary made me fall in love with The Cure
Reading Robert Smith’s diary made me fall in love with The Cure
Morton Feldman at the Tate Modern – an elegy for pioneering artist Philip Guston
Morton Feldman at the Tate Modern – an elegy for pioneering artist Philip Guston
The Coral co-founder Bill Ryder-Jones on beauty, sorrow and psychedelic new album Iechyd Da
The Coral co-founder Bill Ryder-Jones on beauty, sorrow and psychedelic new album Iechyd Da
‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music
‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music
2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them
2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them
Rick Astley: ‘Too much power in the hands of very rich individuals doesn’t feel right’
Rick Astley: ‘Too much power in the hands of very rich individuals doesn’t feel right’
I was lost, uncomfortable in my own skin and using drugs to escape – until music saved my life
I was lost, uncomfortable in my own skin and using drugs to escape – until music saved my life
Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’