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Mon Rovîa: “It’s about learning to take the nutrients from the things that have hurt us and move forward”
Chatting music that builds bridges across the divide with the Afro-Appalachian singer-songwriter
EMMMA: “There’s no amount of studying in school that will help you know how to sleep in a tour bus!”
Taking centre stage in an expanding theatrical universe, the alt-pop musician on opening her wings and embracing change
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Sean Trelford: “I know lots of people that are fine with meeting heroes. I think I’d sh*t myself”
We spoke to the indie rock stargazer about his "acid classical" sound, and why he'd be a bag of nerves meeting his music idols
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Interview
Bria Salmena: “I like to make a crowd feel uncomfortable. It’s funny to me”
Before joining Wolf Alice on tour, Salmena reflects on her steely stage presence, finding her voice as a solo artist & her friendship with the Mercury Prize winners
Interview
Tommy WÁ: “Connecting to an audience keeps me alive”
One of the year's most promising breakthroughs on how important a sense of community is to his impassioned style of folk music
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Mutations Festival 2025: Five new artists you need to know
The gigging equivalent of crate-digging in a Brighton record shop, here's the artists we discovered at Mutations Festival that you need to know about
Interview
SISTRA: “Our North Star for writing is if we start crying in the studio”
The rising alt-pop duo on mining their sister relationship to create new music
Interview
Persia Holder: “My voice has always been a bit like a protective mechanism”
The rising artist talks about opening doors without connections and the challenges that make you
Interview
The Orchestra (For Now): “We’re not going to shy away from ambition”
One of London’s buzziest bands talks on European festivals, online fandom and their seemingly irrepressible rise
Interview
Cloth: “We’re lucky to be operating in our own little world”
Ahead of their UK tour the guitar pop duo open up about their latest album, their beginnings, and soundtracking Normal People