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Wales has a rich musical heritage, and the next generation is ready to take centre stage.
Moving the voting system away from experts could be interpreted as a tactic to include American audiences.
25 Years of Garage has good intentions, but this scene-documenting film makes some familiar mistakes.
With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he have left?
Kate Bush follows Joan Armatrading as the second female singer-songwriter to receive this honour in 2020.
Live music venues must be helped to survive the COVID-19 era.
We can celebrate Dame Vera while rejecting racist myths about Second World War Britain and those who seek to use Lynn to advance a xenophobic nostalgia.
Chances are your favourite band started out learning the trade at a pub or small club. Venues like this are under threat like never before.
Will a coronavirus lockdown prompt a permanent change in the way we experience live performance?
Leaving the EU will threaten the long and close relationship between Britain and Europe when it comes to making and enjoying music.
England’s on-field performances have been matched by some fairly forgettable songs over the years.
West London group 1011 music group have been banned from making music without police permission.
Developers will now be responsible for dealing with noise issues from nearby music venues – but it will take real community activism to prevent closures.
The Fall’s frontman was the ultimate pop outsider who never lost his working-class Manchester roots.
Here are the UK’s most popular Christmas songs.
The Mercury Prize still relies on the album format in an age of downloads and streaming.
The legendary ‘Toilet Circuit’ pubs and clubs that helped launch some of Britain’s best bands are under threat.
For many years now the UK has been a Eurovision laughing stock, despite a wealth of pop talent. What about if it was to pick one of these sure-fire rockstar winners instead?
Grassroots venues are run on tight margins, and have been under pressure for some time from external factors such as rising costs and gentrification.
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Academic, Leeds Trinity University
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British and American History, Bath Spa University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Music, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in English, specialising in popular musical and subcultural studies., Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences, University of Bedfordshire; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Director of Studies, Cultural Heritage Management, University of York; Flinders University
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Reader in Music and Sound, Edge Hill University
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Assistant Professor, Chapman University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, University of South Wales
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Professor in Popular Music Analysis, University of South Wales