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Chuck D: 'I wanted to transcend hip-hop'
Chuck D
Interview

Chuck D: 'I wanted to transcend hip-hop'

Glen Hansard: "We've fallen below a threshold of decency"
Music

Glen Hansard: "We've fallen below a threshold of decency"

Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie has been dividing critics and audiences alike
Music

Nico Muhly’s new opera Marnie has been dividing critics and audiences alike

Still the ultimate soul man – Otis Redding 50 years on
Music

Still the ultimate soul man – Otis Redding 50 years on

It's the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas
Music

It's the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas

Mull of Kintyre at 40 – Paul McCartney speaks exclusively to The Big Issue
Music

Mull of Kintyre at 40 – Paul McCartney speaks exclusively to The Big Issue

Have a note perfect Christmas Day with these six handy listening tips
Music

Have a note perfect Christmas Day with these six handy listening tips

Big Issue man pens song with Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake
Johnny Marr Maxine Peake
Music

Big Issue man pens song with Johnny Marr and Maxine Peake

Tom Chaplin: Why I was well Keane to busk for The Big Issue
Tom Chaplin
Music

Tom Chaplin: Why I was well Keane to busk for The Big Issue

Benny Andersson: "I have no idea why Abba's music is still so popular"
Benny Andersson
Music

Benny Andersson: "I have no idea why Abba's music is still so popular"

U2 lay down tracks on Berlin subway
U2 Bono Edge Berlin
Music

U2 lay down tracks on Berlin subway

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems
Music

U2: Songs of Experience, review – more self-reference and sub-boyband anthems

Knowing Me, Knowing EU: ABBA's Benny Andersson reveals his Brexit sorrow
Benny Andersson
Music

Knowing Me, Knowing EU: ABBA's Benny Andersson reveals his Brexit sorrow

Keane's Tom Chaplin busks for The Big Issue in London, Birmingham & Glasgow
Music

Keane's Tom Chaplin busks for The Big Issue in London, Birmingham & Glasgow

More than 1 million vinyl LPs set to be sold this Christmas
Vinyl LPs in a record shop
Music

More than 1 million vinyl LPs set to be sold this Christmas

Have violin, will travel – on flying with instruments, and Christmas concerts
Carducci Quartet
Music

Have violin, will travel – on flying with instruments, and Christmas concerts

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Christmas No 1 hopeful Jason Manford hits back at Scrooges panning his record
Music

Christmas No 1 hopeful Jason Manford hits back at Scrooges panning his record

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers' increasingly pantomime feud
Music

Put the past behind you – on the Gallaghers' increasingly pantomime feud

Boe & Ball: “We’d love to be the nation’s Christmas delight!”
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe
Music

Boe & Ball: “We’d love to be the nation’s Christmas delight!”

Why is classical music so obsessed with anniversaries?
Music

Why is classical music so obsessed with anniversaries?