Country veteran Rodney Crowell teams up with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on a collaborative album called The Chicago Sessions.

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The Drums, now the solo project of Jonny Pierce, return from a five-year hiaitus with an anthemic electro-ballad, I Want It All.

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Hannah Hu and The Specials perform their spellbinding reggae-fied version of the Talking Heads song Listening Wind from their classic album Remain In Light.

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Linda Lewis was the first female black British singer I ever saw on TV. They were a rarity in the early Seventies – in fact she’s the only one I can think of.

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This month: a mix of old soul, punk, postpunk, reggae and contemporary classical from Stone Roses, Ruts, Police, Jam, Bauhaus, 10CC and more.

The Last Dinner Party are the latest buzz band to fly out of the traps in 2023. And their single, Nothing Matters, is a banger.

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The Goon Sax broke up in 2022 only six years after forming in their teens in Brisbane, leaving us with three albums and this gorgeous radio performance.

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Mark Stewart, who has died, was not past his prime. He was not in his 90s, or 80s, or even his 70s. He was only just into his 60s and he had much more to give.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present for your appreciation and enjoyment a great new single by the UK’s most successful singles artist of the 1980s.

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The feature-length Luther film is far from brilliant, replacing characterisation and intrigue with action and a dollop of torture porn. But the music makes up for it.

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