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Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft

From the unvarnished confessional tone of Jazmine Sullivan's 'Heaux Tales' to the warm acoustic chemistry on 'The Marfa Tapes'

José Mauro’s first LP, originally released in 1970, became a cult classic. Far Out Recordings is now putting out its follow-up under very different circumstances.

Six events will take place across three weeks as the series returns

Leon Vynehall sculpts a mix of experimental sounds, smoky house and peak-time techno for the On Cue series

Bandcamp / Buy Leon Vynehall loves a good story. Back in 2014, the UK artist’s breakthrough mini-LP, Music for the Uninvited, was rooted in childhood memories of the mixtapes his mother used to play in the car, while 2016’s Rojus drew parallels between a night of partying and the mating rituals of tropical birds. Two years later, he went fully conceptual with Nothing Is Still, a beautiful album that folded in elements of ambient and classical while recounting the tale of his ...

WPGU 107.1 for new music. And with covid vaccines getting into an increasing number of arms, the music industry is starting to come alive again. This March saw the return of “Music’s Biggest Night” — the Grammy Awards. However, it was in a strange form, with the ceremony taking the shape of a prestigious dinner party only the most relevant could attend. Many other big names also released music this March, between Drake, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak. So, here...

What is it? Unfolding Shrines is an exhibition produced by Shape Arts, in collaboration with Hot Knife Digital Media, where four artists—Jason Wilsher-Mills, Sophie Helf, Rebekah Ubuntu, and Uma Breakdown—present art in augmented reality. Shape Arts is a disability-led arts organisation, based in London, which works to improve access to culture for disabled people by providing opportunities for disabled artists They say The imagination of the marginalised has always tended towar...

These 10 recent releases make a Jazz Appreciation Month soundtrack April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and there is no shortage of music to appreciate.  The sound draws from deep, historic wells, and you could spend more than a month diving into just one iconic players credits.  Still, if youre looking for a new way to celebrate — music with 2021 stamped across it — the young year offers an abundance. Masters with longevity, rising stars, fresh collaborations. 2021 has been a great year for...

This ended up having to be a double column and a bit late because I spent the last two weeks in self-isolation after a Covid exposure. Now I’m back in the world (more or less – I’m under a stay at home order) and I got to catch up on two week’s worth of comics! Best Comics of the Fortnight: Beta Ray Bill #1 – I’ve loved Beta Ray Bill since I first saw him in Walter Simonson’s Thor comics, and have long felt like he’s criminally underused in the Marvel Universe.  I was really h...