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'Music is very close to my soul': Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album
Poorest Tourist, aka Stephen Woodhouse, standing on a beach playing a guitar
Music

'Music is very close to my soul': Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
Jax Jones
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Pharoah Sanders - discovering an elusive jazz gem
Pharoah Sanders in a white hat and shirt
Jazz

Pharoah Sanders - discovering an elusive jazz gem

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals
Ukranian Freedom Orchestra
Classical

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals

boygenius review, Halifax: These brilliant women should be filling out stadiums
boygenius: Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker
Live review

boygenius review, Halifax: These brilliant women should be filling out stadiums

Core festival Glasgow review: Chat Pile, Deafheaven, Liturgy at diverse new noise weekender
Chat Pile at Core Festival
review

Core festival Glasgow review: Chat Pile, Deafheaven, Liturgy at diverse new noise weekender

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map label boss Johnny Lynch performing as part of new collective Weird Wave at the Eigg Community Hall during Howlin’ Fling 2023
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

Devo 50 – UK farewell tour review: Boy, they can Booji
Devo on stage at the 02 Academy Edinburgh
review

Devo 50 – UK farewell tour review: Boy, they can Booji

'Everybody deserves shelter': Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
Chat Pile the band standing together with an industrial backdrop
Interview

'Everybody deserves shelter': Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’
an illustration of Devo
Interview

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’

Joan Jett: 'How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?'
US rock'n'roll great Joan Jett
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: 'How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?'

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in Black and white
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford
Venue Watch

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Stravinsky rite of passage is worth protecting
The original production of Stravinsky Rite Of Spring in Paris in 1913.
Classical

Stravinsky rite of passage is worth protecting

Midge Ure: 'Music kept me away from gangs'
Midge Ure in a black shirt against a white background
Letter to my Younger Self

Midge Ure: 'Music kept me away from gangs'

From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation
Sleaford Mods at Wembley Stadium
Exclusive

From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation

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Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’
Midge Ure has opened up about the impact of his alcoholism
addiction

Midge Ure on alcoholism and recovery: ‘After I saw my daughter’s reaction, I never touched it again’

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 
Britpop

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Glyndebourne Festival
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Blur live at the BBC's Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon of Blur - on stage at the BBC's Radio Theatre for Blur: Radio 2 In Concert
Review

Blur live at the BBC's Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past