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These are the reissues, compilation, mixes and all-important "etc" that we have been getting most pleasure from this year. This chart was compiled by John Doran out of polls from Patrick Clarke, Christian Eede, Luke Turner, Anna Wood & himself based on their favourites of the year since January 1.
Ten years on, the story of how English pianist Joyce Hatto and her husband scammed the classical music industry takes on an extra potency, says Phil Hebblethwaite, as if it foresaw the world we live in now, with blurred lines between what’s real and fake, and experts firmly on the ropes
US composer and voice artist Joan La Barbara has pioneered experimental multiphonics, circular singing, ululation and glottal clicks over the past five decades. Ahead of her performance at LCMF this weekend, she spoke to Louise Gray about infanticide, vocal fry and moving beyond the mask.
Strange and brilliant music scenes are thriving in fecund pockets of creativity across the UK - especially outside of London, where costs are lower, gentrification is slower and networks are stronger. Ahead of our tQ Future Forum panel this Thursday, Daniel Dylan Wray talks to musicians and industry stalwarts about surviving and thriving in the provinces.
Next week, The Quietus hosts a panel at Hull City Of Culture about the perils of trying to survive as a musician in London, and music scenes that are thriving across the UK. Here, international music man and Sheffield stalwart Adrian Flanagan of The Moonlandingz tells us a thing or two about the North-South divide, snazzy donuts and the importance of bickering.