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And The Beat Goes On: In Defence of Disco
Between Studio 54 and this year’s season of The X Factor, we’ve seen disco coming and going from the mainstream stage — but did it ever really disappear?
Feeling Blue, Smoking Green: A Conversation with Yellow Days
With a musical palette incorporating everything from Mac DeMarco to Ray Charles, Yellow Days is at the forefront of a generation that's leaving genre behind.
Go East: The future of British rap is happening in East Africa
From genge to lugaflow, Tanzania to Uganda, East Africa is a hotbed of new styles and sounds of rap music. Bex Shorunke takes a deep dive into a musical landscape that's been ignored in the UK for far too long.
Kiyoko ‘Ono / Hayley Kiyoko
Hayley Kiyoko is the ‘Lesbian Jesus’ shaking up pop’s heteronormative paradigm, one queer pop at a time.
Sweet Like (Brooke) Candy
“Are we on the precipice of a sexual revolution? Because I’ve been trying to start one for years!”
Sigasig-ah: Sigala
After notching up a string of hits with a little help from Paloma Faith, Craig David and Ella Eyre, Sigala is the new crown prince of summer dance-pop anthems.
Soul of a Nation shines a light on the art of the Civil Rights movement
Tate Modern merges art, politics and the struggle for civil rights while showing us an era previously ignored in the history of American art in this new exhibition.
Ariana and the Rose to hold special NYC Pride edition of her Light + Space party
Pride in NYC is about to get extra spectacular with the arrival of Ariana and the Rose's immersive Light + Space party, hosted in conjunction with the city's Pride events.
Summer Wave: For Mist, even the sky presents no limit
As part of our Summer Wave series, the Birmingham MC talks taping pirate radio sets, shining a light on his hometown, and his plans to take music videos intergalactic.