Folk music

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Saxophonist Alabaster DePlume: ‘I want to make music that the world invents a special insult for’

DePlume’s music shares an improvisational spirit with both jazz and folk, but defies categorisation

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After the exertions of the Edinburgh Fringe, would a whole weekend of music festivals finish Robin Ince off?

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Marriage breakdown led to Shirley Collins losing her singing voice, but the folk icon survived. She tells the story of a remarkable comeback