Category: Music Interview

Emir Taha: “I want to put Turkey on the global music map. We deserve to be on there”

Emir Taha: “I want to put Turkey on the global music map. We deserve to be on there”

Emir taha is already a chart-topper. ‘B.S.G.’, his collaboration with fellow Turkish artist BEGE, went to Number One back home…

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Ben Gibbard on his new Fender signature guitar – and how it’s influencing the new Death Cab For Cutie album

Ben Gibbard on his new Fender signature guitar – and how it’s influencing the new Death Cab For Cutie album

Ben Gibbard has today announced his own new signature Fender Mustang guitar – which he says is also inspiring the…

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Cosha breaks free from the high-pressure hype machine with fearless debut album

Cosha breaks free from the high-pressure hype machine with fearless debut album

Growing up, Cassia O’Reilly was an aspiring Eddie the Eagle. As a kid – and the definition of an alpine…

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Julien Baker on ‘Little Oblivions’: “I had to unlearn the idea of recovery being linear”

Julien Baker on ‘Little Oblivions’: “I had to unlearn the idea of recovery being linear”

Before all of us spent 2020 indoors, Julien Baker had gone through own period of solitude and self-reckoning. Cutting short…

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Rina Sawayama on changing BRITs rules: “This is the UK I know – one of acceptance and diversity”

Rina Sawayama on changing BRITs rules: “This is the UK I know – one of acceptance and diversity”

Rina Sawayama has said that spearheading the movement to change eligibility rules for the Brit Awards and Mercury Prize is…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Brent Faiyaz

If you’re a student of R&B music or an avid TikTok watcher, you’re likely to have have come across Brent…

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Sad Night Dynamite: Gorillaz-approved duo soundtracking a nightmarish alt reality

Sad Night Dynamite: Gorillaz-approved duo soundtracking a nightmarish alt reality

Growing up on the outskirts of Glastonbury in Somerset, Sad Night Dynamite were never going to fit neatly in one…

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Kelly Lee Owens on the influence of Daft Punk: “their music was like a door being opened for me”

Kelly Lee Owens on the influence of Daft Punk: “their music was like a door being opened for me”

After 28 years, Daft Punk have called it quits. The French duo announced the news of their split yesterday (February…

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Michael C. Hall: why Bowie would approve of the ‘Dexter’ star’s new wave trio

As well as playing the title role in crime drama Dexter – back this autumn after eight years off screens…

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Sofia Kourtesis: heartfelt house bangers tell the Peruvian’s family history

Sofia Kourtesis: heartfelt house bangers tell the Peruvian’s family history

For Sofia Kourtesis, the sea is a formative place. The Peru-born, Berlin-based producer spent her teenage years surfing on her…

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