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hello and welcome. president putin is expected to hold a ceremony in the next few hours to declare that four ukrainian regions willjoin russia. the kremlin says luhansk, donetsk, zaporizhzhia and kherson voted to join russia in recent, self—styled referendums. but ukraine and the west have dismissed the votes as a sham. ukraine insists its goal of fully liberating the country will never change, regardless of any statements from moscow. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, has...

Heartfelt tributes are being paid to Kurt Cobain, who left us 30 years ago, but none to Lee Brilleaux, a British rock figure who died a few hours before him and was relegated to a footnote in an obituary

Demonstrators in Bangladesh refugee camps ask for safe return to Myanmar with citizenship rights

Guitarist Wilko Johnson of pub rock band Dr. Feelgood created a polyrhythmic down-and-up chop on open chords that inspired Paul Weller (the Jam), Hugh Cornwell (the Stranglers), and Jon King (Gang of Four) – and many more.

An unlikely guitar hero, Johnson had a style like no other, and wielded his Tele like a machine gun – the punks and more were paying attention to his sound and stage presence

We remember those who we lost in December followed by our tributes from the prior months of 2022

A STUDENT shrugged off a cold to provide a glimpse of his burgeoning music career. Joe Ryder, 17, performed a 30-minute set of his own songs and covers on Wedne...

A CULTURAL mashup of old-school Americana and Nepali fare took centre stage on day 16 of the Henley Living Advent Calendar. Cracking Up, a four-piece rock band,...

We remember Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, Irene Cara, Nazareth’s Dan McCafferty, Alabama’s Jeff Cook and more

Wilko Johnson was known as the guitarist for the band Dr Feelgood and the executioner Ser Ilyn Payne in Game of Thrones