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Case closed, really, it should case very much open. The American People want open and transparent. Harris john roberts has more from the north lawn. As weve talked about it, to force william barr to turn something over unredacted, isnt that forcing him to break the law . By the bay, congress could change the law. They certainly could if they wanted to. We will get to the barr aspect of all this in a minute. Another subpoena fight brewing between the white house and congress. Don mcgahn was suppo...

Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, April 27, 8-10pm) include the Monks, Electric Prunes, XTC, Speedies, Kraftwerk, Pylon,

In which we reveal the favourite records, concerts, and grocery items of interesting Vancouverites.

In December 1989, I went to Town Hall for the ten-year reunion concert of Cecil Taylor and Max Roach, revisiting and renewing their historic live performance at Columbia University. That first concert was released as Historic Concerts in 1984 on the Soul Note label. The concert is one of those musical experiences permanently embedded in my memory, the shape and feeling of literally ducking down behind the seat in front of me because the torrent of onrushing ideas was overwhelming and seemed a li...

A Swindon man has personally funded a new mural in the town centre honouring local band XTC.

To the Editor:

The XTC icon, who believes he owns the very best Japanese Telecaster ever built, is comfortable with coming from the “school of adequate” as a guitarist

Andy Partridge on how he approaches solos, his biggest influence, and how he takes the same chords and scales as anyone else but makes them sound totally original…

XTC have spoken about the possibility of reuniting the band in the form of new music, with each member sharing varying perspectives.