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In the second instalment of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her investigation into the role of women in the country's wartime music scene, and seeks out the figures who will shape the future
As he tours the third installment in his Cwmwl Tystion trilogy, an ambitious combination of jazz and folk music that explores Welsh national identity, culture and history, Tomos Williams tells Gail Tasker about the connections between Paul Robeson and the Welsh labour movement, reclaiming Wales' traditional music after centuries of repression, and confronting the ugly sides of his country's past
We've done something a little different this month and asked William Doyle to accompany his fantastic stripped-down release of three of his own songs and three covers with an essay about how he makes touring work financially – this is free to read to non subscribers too.
Multi-disciplinary artist Lola De La Mata speaks to Patrick Clarke about how her experience with severe tinnitus and vertigo, groundbreaking work in the field of audiology, and stigma around hearing loss in the musical community fed into her new album Oceans On Azimuth
In the first instalment of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat explores the role of women in the Ukrainian music scene during wartime
Ahead of the release of the This Is Memorial Device album, based on the play, which was in turn based on the novel, musician Stephen Pastel and writer David Keenan interview one another, without any interference from us
Facilitator for some of the most influential names in music, and one of the most overlooked forces in left-field British sound, Annie Hogan picks out the seven-inch records that shaped her childhood, and sowed the seeds for a remarkable career
As they surprise-release their first album in six years, the Bristol trio speak to Alastair Shuttleworth about how ambiguity, a Welsh farmhouse and a departed pet all played a part in their astonishing new music. Cover portrait by Andre Habermann
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