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"The music evokes the past in an extraordinary way. The public own it now, and it has a kind of magic to it." The story of Meet On The Ledge, Fairport Convention's most stirring, emotive anthem

Richard Thompson used to think Fairport Convention's Meet Me On The Ledge was “immature, juvenile" - now it's a much-loved communal singalong

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"It's a gift that there are so many recordings of him, so his legacy will live on and inspire guitarists for an eternity." Remembering Mott The Hoople and Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs

A tribute to Mick Ralphs, who died on June 23, 2025 – includes interviews with Ian Hunter and Paul Rodgers

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“I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom

And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica

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“I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night. Not only did you hear this magnificent voice, but the message was one of faith, truth and doing the right thing”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom

And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica

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'We kind of share a brain': Sabrina Carpenter has a close bond with her older sister Sarah

Sabrina Carpenter has revealed that she and her older sister Sarah regularly collaborate to bring her artistic vision to life on stage.

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“He was one of a kind”: Alabama guitar legend Wayne Perkins – who played with the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and Joni Mitchell – dies at 74

Perkins made his name as a Muscle Shoals session ace and would go on to have a storied career playing with the greats

Guitar World

Dean Lewis Admitted To Rehab, Breaks Silence On Being Dropped By Label Amid Allegations

Dean Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time since parting ways with Universal Music amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

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“We were a really weird punk band that came out of hardcore and were shot into this vortex”: Fall Out Boy came out of the US hardcore scene. So how did they become poster boys for 21st century emo?

Chicago’s Fall Out Boy were playing to one person a night – and then MTV happened

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“A true cultural giant… His music lifted people through hard times, inspired generations, and helped to shape the global respect that Jamaican culture enjoys today”: Jamaica and the world mourn Jimmy Cliff

Reggae icon has died, aged 81

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Grammys 2026: Sabrina Carpenter Matches Taylor Swift's 'Album of the Year' Record

Sabrina Carpenter matches Taylor Swift's rare Album of the Year record at the 2026 Grammys. See all the 'Big Four' nominations, including nods for Kendrick Lamar , Lady Gaga , and Bad Bunny.

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I’m Only F**king Myself by Lola Young review: 'Teetering on the knife edge of greatness'

4/5 The 24-year-old singer’s third album is a self-assured descent into dealing with self destructive tendencies and a cocaine addiction

Evening Standard

Sabrina Carpenter Strips Down To Pole Dance And Crawl On All-Fours In New Video, Gets Brutally Roasted

The provocative imagery comes just weeks after critics called her Man’s Best Friend album cover “misogynistic.”

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“Hardcore innovators, soulful rockers and, frankly, the best band in the world you’re not listening to”: Every Thrice album ranked from worst to best

From scrappy debut Identity Crisis to refined latest album Horizons/East, we rank the back-catalogue of one of the most underrated bands on the planet right now

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Sabrina Carpenter releases a demure album cover she says has been 'approved by God'

Prudes can purchase a copy of Man’s Bets Friend with less debaucherous album art

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“The groove was so thick, and what am I playing? A simple, Boom-Bop-Tish-Bop-Boom-Bop? It was unbelievable”: The making of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love

We go deep behind the scenes with the team behind the hard-hitting global smash that turned around Palmer’s career

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She grew up feeling 'really white'. Now, Brooke Combe is owning her whole self

Brooke Combe speaks to us from her home in Edinburgh during a rare break from tour rehearsals for her recently released debut album Dancing At The…

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The Cranberries say record label stiffed them out of $5 million in royalties

EXCLUSIVE: In a federal lawsuit, the band accuses Island Records of taking an “excessive” cut of their streaming revenues

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"Reggae is more freeform than the blues. But more important, reggae is for everyone": Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch a Fire, track-by-track

Seminal reggae breakthrough broken down, plus listen to crucial live versions of extra track

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Richard Branson and Island Records boss urged to fund UK Black music exhibition

Petition calls on Virgin Records founder and Chris Blackwell to back venture after profiting from such music

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“Paul Kossoff goes, ‘I’m not really in the mood. I have a friend here who can cut it.’ If it wasn’t for him I could be working at McDonald’s”: Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Al Anderson on the night he went from an unknown guitarist to tracking Natty Dread

Koss had to teach him the basics of reggae guitar as he waited for a cab to the studio. A couple of hours later he’d tracked the solos for Marley classic Natty Dread

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Sabrina Carpenter’s Album Short N’ Sweet Is Almost Here & Is There An Olivia Rodrigo Collab On It?

Could there be an Olivia Rodrigo or Billie Eilish collab in the works??

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Darcus Howe’s son Darcus Beese and his activist mother, Barbara: ‘He was imbued with the spirit of the struggle’

He was the first black boss of a UK record label. She was a British Black Panther and one of the Mangrove Nine. They reflect on the ‘madness’ of his childhood, and his memoir that records their groundbreaking legacies

The Independent UK

The Last Dinner Party point out discrepancy with ‘industry plant’ claims

Indie rock band takes aim at speculation around their authenticity

The Independent UK

Sabrina Carpenter’s new music video sees boyfriend Barry Keoghan play a gun-slinging criminal

Singer is seen handcuffing boyfriend before abandoning him in warehouse

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"I'd had forty-four jobs. I knew this was my one and only shot": How Ian Hunter and Mott The Hoople got their riot started

Before they became 70s chart stars and (later) a beloved heritage act, Mott The Hoople were a wilder, more dangerous proposition – as their incendiary debut album proved

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