ArticlesHear·June 28, 2021shado x Instagram present: a pride prom – bringing LGBTQI+ youth the party they’ve been deniedYoung people have been dealt a terrible hand this past year. In...Text: Isabella PearceImage: Hannah Robathan
Hear·March 23, 2026A new generation of musicians doubling down on ICE resistance‘Melt ICE’ and creative counteractions to Trump’s authoritarian takeoverText: Hayden MerrickImage: Beck O'Hara
ArticlesHear·May 15, 2020The Birth of a Pan-African RockstarI seldom meet someone so young with such a strong conviction about...Text: Tobi OnaboluImage: Karis Beaumont
Hear·October 6, 2023“Mother Nature is a peng ting”Louis VI on how his latest album is a vision for living harmoniously with the planetText: Samia DumbuyaImage: Karla Lizethe Hunter
Hear·May 3, 2023What the music industry could learn from sex workers’ fight for decriminalisationIn the words of Laika, “We’re people, not just performers”Text: Erin Cobby
Hear·December 1, 2025Silvana Estrada and the roads that lead homeThe fierce act of singing to rememberText: Santiago FloresImage: Aislinn Tonis
Hear·September 24, 2024Is the dance music scene in Liverpool homophobic?It’s not all looking badText: Sam TulleyImage: Boe
ArticlesHear·October 21, 2022Rave culture as resistance in Ukraine and beyondWhy we need music and culture to be at the forefront to build alternative movements of resistance and liberationText: Daria ViashchenkoImage: Tommy H
ArticlesHear·May 8, 2020Lockdown Listening with Oseloka ObiIn an attempt to provide some relief during these uncertain times, shado...Text: Hannah Robathan
ArticlesHear·April 20, 2020The best thing that I could see during my set is a bunch of girls on the dancefloor, gassing each other upIn February 2020, shado hosted Build Love, Break Walls, a two-week residency...Text: Erin Cobby
Hear·March 19, 2024Sisterhood: from the church to the BallroomEYVE on her new EP, queerness, and finding strength in vulnerability Text: Simmone AhiakuImage: Marcie Mintrose
Hear·May 20, 2026Airwaves against austerityWhat Berlin’s community radios tell us about the politics of cultureText: Alice Vyvyan-JonesImage: Marius Hay Smith