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Cambridge Folk Festival Preview

Cambridge Folk Festival manager Rebecca Stewart lets us in on some of the eclectic acts she's most excited to welcome to this year's shennanigans...

By Anita Awbi 14 Jul 2017

Spectres

Bristol based noise-rock outfit Spectres on their gigs with Ride this week and what they've got up their sleeves for the rest of 2017...

By Anita Awbi 14 Jul 2017

Wild Beasts

Wild Beasts' Hayden Thorpe on what he loves most about tour life, why he's getting inspired by Solange and what’s in store for the band's new sounds…

By Anita Awbi 13 Jul 2017

Another Girl Another Planet, Peter Perrett

The Only Ones' Peter Perrett on penning one of British new wave's most coveted tracks, Another Girl Another Planet...

By Paul Nichols 11 Jul 2017

NEW AGE: jazz in 2017

Tina Edwards tunes in to UK jazz’s brightest new stars who are turning heads with their eclectic sounds and asks: isn’t it time we coined a new sub-genre for this?

By Paul Nichols 10 Jul 2017

Mara Carlyle And Willy Mason

Sonic travellers Mara Carlyle and Willy Mason take us on an explorative mission to the four corners of the globe to unearth some of the best vocal and choral sounds on earth...

By Anita Awbi 7 Jul 2017

Roachford

Pop ace and penner of perennial hit Cuddly Toy lets us in on his musical beginnings, his biggest inspirations and what's in store for his European tour this autumn...

By Anita Awbi 6 Jul 2017

Soul man: Bill Withers

Bill Withers is behind some of pop’s most eternal moments, yet he walked out of the industry 30 years ago. Jim Ottewill meets the songwriter who chose to leave show business to let his hits do the talking…

By Paul Nichols 4 Jul 2017