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Julia Jacklin finds the light: ‘I’ve wasted a lot of energy in my life trying to be cool’

23-08-2022 22:30

Jacklin’s 2019 album Crushing struck a raw chord with young audiences. For its follow-up, she reconnected to the sounds that once made her feel the sameIn the wake of her second album, Crushing, Julia Jacklin found herself in an enviable position.Her 2016 debut Don’t Let The Kids Win had been warmly received, but Crushing seemed to hit a nerve and a cultural moment. Songs such as Body, Head Alone and Pressure to Party charted a messy, cathartic arc that was part breakup album, part r

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‘If there are death threats, don’t tell me’ – how Rock Against Racism fought fascism

23-08-2022 18:22

In the 1970s, the National Front were on the march. So Britain’s music fans and artists united. As a new show celebrates RAR’s achievements, we examine its impact, its legacy – and its thrilling, shambolic climactic concert‘We had to tell our own audiences that we’d fight them,” says Mykaell Riley, one of the founding members of UK reggae band Steel Pulse. “People had paid to come in and beat you up. So we would make it clear: if you come on stage, we wi

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Pioneering female DJs deserve recognition for their contribution to club culture | Letter

23-08-2022 15:40

Laila Mckenzie on the continuing fight to honour the major part that women have played the dance music industryYour article discussing the place of female DJs in dance music history books (‘There are still battles to be had, but it’s incredible’: the female DJs finally getting their dues, 21 July) included a quote: “In terms of the pioneers, it’s all men, and we can’t escape that.” With fellow author Ian “Snowy” Snowball, I wrote Lady of the

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‘I’m a roads scholar!’ Marty Stuart’s five decades at the country university

23-08-2022 09:01

Since joining his first band aged 12, Stuart has played with the likes of Johnny Cash and the Byrds and is now building a country music museum. He explains the roots of his lifelong passionWhen Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman honoured the 50th anniversary of the Byrds’ 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo by touring it for the first time, there was only one man who could lead their backing band: Marty Stuart. When Ken Burns began filming 2019’s Country Music documentary series, it was

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John Farnham admitted to hospital for surgery after cancer diagnosis

23-08-2022 00:27

The 73-year-old singer says he is grateful for having ‘the very best specialist healthcare professionals’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastVeteran Australian pop-rock singer John Farnham has been diagnosed with cancer and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday to undergo surgery.“We have recently discovered that John has a cancerous growth,” his family, including wife Jill, said in a s

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