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Vale Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

Barry Gibb is one of only three songwriters to have six consecutive No.1 hits. The Bee Gees have won 109 BMI Pop, Country and Latin Awards, and were named BMI icons. They are full of anomaly and contr...

Cath asks me if I've heard of a band called American Music Club. I haven't. She plays the opening track Firefly from their latest album, California. Is it a cliche to say that those two and a half min...

Smart-Arses With Arrangements: Playlunch and the Australian Larrikin Tradition

By the late 1980s Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty, aka The Orb, had released an acid house EP, and had a couple of tracks included in an acid house compilation, Eternity Project One.

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Musician, historian and essayist interested in how music, folklore, and popular culture shape the way we think. Co-host of the New Politics Podcast.

Every time Britain loses confidence in its institutions, it invents a new spy hero.

Every time Britain loses confidence in its institutions, it invents a new spy hero.

In the 1970s a British boys’ comic quietly changed the way war stories were told

After a while something curious becomes apparent if you spend time watching the growing ecosystem of mystery channels on YouTube.

Country Joe & The Fish emerged in 1965 from two groups that Joe had formed: The Berkeley String Quartet and the Instant Action Jug Band. The back story is fascinating, Joe being one of the very few mu...

British comedy is deeply preoccupied with authority.

The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career