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SOFT LAD: ‘As long as I like my music and it’s authentic to me then that’s enough'

M Magazine chats to Sophie Galpin, otherwise known as SOFT LAD, about her debut EP and capturing emotion her in music.

By Elle Ayres 23 May 2022
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Sarah McBriar: What the pandemic taught me about the future of festivals

With festival season upon us, the founder and director of  AVA, an Audio-Visual Arts Festival and Conference with its beginnings in Belfast, breaks down what she’s discovered about the festival industry after two years apart from it.

By Sarah McBriar 19 May 2022
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I Wrote That: Little Bit of Love

With the Ivors 2022 just days away, we spoke friends, collaborators and Most Performed Work nominees Mike Needle and Dan Bryer about what went in to writing Tom Grennan’s smash hit, Little Bit of Love.

By Faye Ducker 17 May 2022
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Touring and loneliness: Musicians discuss the impacts of a life on the road

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Adam England speaks to James Kennedy, The Subways’ Billy Lunn, Jess Branney of indie trio Peaness and Natalie Wardle about the psychological effects of touring and asks how the pandemic has added another layer of pressure.

By Adam England 12 May 2022
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Richard Jacques: ‘Orchestral scores in games provide such a human connection for the player’

With the Ivors 2022 approaching, Ammar Kalia speaks to Best Original Video Game Score nominee Richard Jacques about scoring Guardians of the Galaxy and bringing the soundtrack to life outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

By Ammar Kalia 11 May 2022
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The Great Escape 2022: Your must-see shows and panels

The 2022 edition of The Great Escape takes place this week from Thursday 12 May to Saturday 14 May, so we’ve rifled through the bulging line-up to pick out this year’s unmissable bookings.

By Jamie MacMillan 9 May 2022
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Channel 4 Privatisation: The potential impact on composers

As the process for the privatisation of Channel 4 begins, Mark Sutherland explores what the government’s proposed plans could mean for the musicians and composers that soundtrack its shows.

By Mark Sutherland 6 May 2022
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Playlist: English Teacher

Following the release of their debut EP Polyawkward, we asked Leeds four-piece English Teacher to make us a playlist.

By Maya Radcliffe 5 May 2022
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I Wrote That: Love Shine A Light

2022 marks a staggering 25 years since the last UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, 1997’s Love Shine A Light by Katrina & The Waves. M Magazine asked the writer behind that smash hit, Kimberley Rew, to break down how it all happened.

By Jamie MacMillan 4 May 2022
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