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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

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
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Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’

Yes, live music can change your life
Sam Delaney

Yes, live music can change your life

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’
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Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’
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Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: ‘I don’t see many Black people in the London Symphony Orchestra’

Hundreds brave rain for Tom Grennan’s Big Issue busk in Coventry – including his nan
Tom Grennan

Hundreds brave rain for Tom Grennan’s Big Issue busk in Coventry – including his nan

Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic
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Hooray Henry! BBC Proms embraces Mancini magic

Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on faith, helping people and paying his parents’ mortgage with Gillette song money

How David Bowie’s time spent in Berlin became the stuff of myth and legend
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How David Bowie’s time spent in Berlin became the stuff of myth and legend

Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma
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Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
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Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love

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Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy
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Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’
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Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I’d tell my younger self to just be happier’
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I’d tell my younger self to just be happier’

Labour MP Rupa Huq looks back (not in anger) on interviewing Noel Gallagher for Big Issue in 1999
Rupa Huq

Labour MP Rupa Huq looks back (not in anger) on interviewing Noel Gallagher for Big Issue in 1999