Music

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy a Mogwai gig
Music

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy a Mogwai gig

Mogwai, one of Malcolm Jack’s favourite bands, are playing in his home town. But there’s a problem

Jason Donovan on ‘first love’ Kylie Minogue: ‘It’s a very difficult relationship to escape’
Music

Jason Donovan on ‘first love’ Kylie Minogue: ‘It’s a very difficult relationship to escape’

Donovan has reflected on nearly 40 years in music in this week’s Big Issue

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia
Books

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia

This book looks at the outcome for musicians who toed the Soviet line and those who could have become giants but whose music was shut down

Bros star Matt Goss: ‘Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together’
Letter to my Younger Self

Bros star Matt Goss: ‘Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together’

World’s most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: ‘Music was the only way for me to survive’
Letter To My Younger Self

World’s most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: ‘Music was the only way for me to survive’

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There’s a tragic inevitability with Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas
Music

There’s a tragic inevitability with Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas

Dear men, it’s not a weakness to be vulnerable or ask for help
Music

Dear men, it’s not a weakness to be vulnerable or ask for help

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: ‘It’s a festival of giving’
Homelessness

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: ‘It’s a festival of giving’

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them
Sybil Bell

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’

Pete Doherty: ‘Living without heroin was very hard to imagine’
Letter To My Younger Self

Pete Doherty: ‘Living without heroin was very hard to imagine’

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: ‘The benefits are clear’
Music

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: ‘The benefits are clear’

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero
Books

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero

‘It’s like watching Michelangelo work’: Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like
Music

‘It’s like watching Michelangelo work’: Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes
Film

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Music

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘Trump winning the election? I wouldn’t call it iconic…’
My Big Year

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘Trump winning the election? I wouldn’t call it iconic…’

Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
My Big Year

Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘People pay too much attention to the noise around them’
My Big Year

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘People pay too much attention to the noise around them’

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Tom Grennan: ‘The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer’
My big Year

Tom Grennan: ‘The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer’

Glastonbury, Doctor Who and the rise of Chappell Roan: These are the best cultural moments of 2024
2024

Glastonbury, Doctor Who and the rise of Chappell Roan: These are the best cultural moments of 2024

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘We need to stand side-by-side with trans people more than ever’
Drag

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘We need to stand side-by-side with trans people more than ever’

I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
Interview

I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal