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Brandi Carlile: 'Getting married felt radical. Now my wife and I are very afraid about our future'
Music

Brandi Carlile: 'Getting married felt radical. Now my wife and I are very afraid about our future'

Working with Elton John fufilled a lifelong dream for the singer-songwriter
Singer AURORA: 'Soundtracking the end of Adolescence was meant to be'
Big Questions

Singer AURORA: 'Soundtracking the end of Adolescence was meant to be'

Black Country, New Road on 'playing the game' and why you won't see them eating lunch on TikTok
Music

Black Country, New Road on 'playing the game' and why you won't see them eating lunch on TikTok

'The record is a snapshot': Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock
Music

'The record is a snapshot': Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
Music

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Classical music star André Rieu: 'My parents couldn't cope with me being happy. They were jealous'
Letter To My Younger Self

Classical music star André Rieu: 'My parents couldn't cope with me being happy. They were jealous'

The Futureheads star Barry Hyde on mining's 'brutal' heritage: 'I don't think anyone misses the mines'
Music

The Futureheads star Barry Hyde on mining's 'brutal' heritage: 'I don't think anyone misses the mines'

Bros star Matt Goss: 'Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together'
Letter to my Younger Self

Bros star Matt Goss: 'Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together'

World's most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: 'Music was the only way for me to survive'
Letter To My Younger Self

World's most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: 'Music was the only way for me to survive'

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'
Letter To My Younger Self

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: 'The benefits are clear'
Music

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: 'The benefits are clear'

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'

'It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like
Music

'It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Music

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'
My Big Year

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: 'People pay too much attention to the noise around them'
My Big Year

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: 'People pay too much attention to the noise around them'

Pop star Henry Moodie: 'I find Donald Trump's racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting'
Henry Moodie
My Big Year

Pop star Henry Moodie: 'I find Donald Trump's racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting'

Tom Grennan: 'The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer'
My big Year

Tom Grennan: 'The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer'

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'
Letter To My Younger Self

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'

James Blunt: 'Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years'
Music

James Blunt: 'Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years'

'Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas': Celebrating 40 years of Wham!'s festive classic
Music

'Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas': Celebrating 40 years of Wham!'s festive classic

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Laura Mvula: 'I don't know if I'd be a singer without my family'
Laura Mvula recording her rendition of Paul Simon's 'I Know What I Know' for John Lewis. Image: John Lewis
Music

Laura Mvula: 'I don't know if I'd be a singer without my family'

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'
Bobby Gillespie
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'

The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'
Pauline Black in 1984 as a TV presenter on Hold Tight!
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'

The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'I'd rather not be remembered for Three Lions'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'I'd rather not be remembered for Three Lions'

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