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Apollo 13: Adam Ant’s Favourite Albums

Adam Ant is back after years in the creative wilderness. Here he discusses his all-time favourite LPs with Joe Clay

Thirteen Masks: Jarboe’s Favourite Music

Jarboe guides Spyros Stasis through 13 favourites in this week's Baker's Dozen, taking in the likes of Arvo Pärt, Kendrick Lamar, Janis Joplin and her relationship with Swans

The Strange World Of… Stomu Yamash’ta

Miranda Remington gives us ten points of entry into the bewildering back catalogue of 'The Man From The East', Stomu Yamash'ta, a Japanese percussion prodigy who weaved together the classical with the underground; science fiction with Buddhism

IKEA Is Organising A Virtual Music Festival

The lineup includes Loraine James, ZULI and more

The Unspoken Magic: Greg Graffin Of Bad Religion’s 13 Founding LPs

As US punk rock hero Greg Graffin releases a new solo album he guides Ian Winwood through some classics of old time Americana, alongside albums by Elton John and former collaborator Todd Rungren

Evidently Chicken Supreme: John Cooper Clarke’s Favourite Songs

Performance poet, style icon and broadcaster John Cooper Clarke tells Alex Burrows about his most-loved songs of all time and growing up during the birth of rock & roll. Portrait by Paul Wolfgang Webster.

Bad Lieutenant

Never Cry Another Tear

Tape Adapter: March’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed

Never fear! Gary Suarez is here with this month's best and worst hip hop mixtapes on his hard drive

Junk Shop Classical On Glenn Gould: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP

Perhaps no one has ever made old music sound more bracingly modern than wunderkind pianist Glenn Gould, and for his third column on a classical music record bought for a quid in a charity shop Phil Hebblethwaite finds the nutty Canadian polymath going way back in time – to some English music of the Renaissance

“The Spirit”: Mike Watt Of The Missingmen’s Favourite Albums

Currently in the middle of a European tour, the Minutemen, Dos and Firehose founder pares down his record collection to give John Calvert his thirteen all-time top LPs

Bloc Off: Festival Cancelled

Festival cancelled over safety concerns