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‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
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‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’
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James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’

I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why
Millie Manders

I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why

‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic
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‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
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The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos

BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
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BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024

Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’
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Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’

X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’
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X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Claire Jackson

I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
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Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’

New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
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New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it

Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
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Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
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This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy

The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’

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Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
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Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
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Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong
Lucy Robinson

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong