The GuardianBleep it out! The bowel-quaking dance music of late-80s Yorkshireverified_publisherThe Guardian - Daniel Dylan WrayBooks and compilations are reanimating the overlooked sound of bleep: a speaker-smashing strain of DIY techno born out of breakdance rivalries and heavy industry
The GuardianThe World’s Wife review – Carol Ann Duffy’s poems come to vivid and vital musical lifeverified_publisherThe Guardian - Andrew ClementsJorinde Keesmaat’s staging of Tom W Green’s reworked music-theatre piece is performed with fabulously assured authority by Lucia Lucas and the Ragazze Quartet
The Guardian‘It’s a foolproof plan until the studio burns down’: how a community rallied round for aspiring musiciansverified_publisherThe Guardian - Huw BainesThe destruction of Fuzzbrain studios dispossessed the local bands who recorded there for free – until owner Ben Spence’s neighbourhood gave them a second chance
The GuardianPost your questions for Shirley Collinsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Safi BugelAhead of new album Archangel Hill, the 87-year-old British folk singer will answer your questions about her astonishing career
The GuardianNick Cave reveals ‘inexplicable attachment’ to British royals ahead of attending king’s coronationverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sian CainAustralian rocker recalls Queen Elizabeth II being ‘the most charismatic woman I have ever met’ and says he is not ‘so damn grouchy’ to refuse the invite
The GuardianMusician Peter One’s incredible story: ‘I had this dream … it’s starting to come true’verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jim FarberThe 67-year-old Ivory Coast-born musician was a star in his heyday but political and economic unrest forced him into a life out of the spotlight. Now, he’s making a comeback