Hear·May 21, 2024The Revolution is in 808On drill as a periscope with Adèle Oliver, author of Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK DrillText: Simmone AhiakuImage: Tinuke Fagborun
Hear·May 13, 2024Exploring mixed musical heritage in collective healing and solidarityIn conversation with Céline Dessberg about Mongolian heritage, finding strength in vulnerability and "music to make you feel"Text: Hana Fujii BennetImage: Inès Hachou
ArticlesHear·November 30, 2022Meet Knife Girl, the Finnish musician defying gender and genre boundariesOn how her new album celebrates being trans, young and understanding yourself in a crazy worldText: Isaac MukImage: Sali Mudawi
Hear·February 28, 2025The New Song Movement: Latin America’s soundtrack to the revolutionHow the Nueva Canción genre is influencing a new generation of artists taking up the mantle of protest music in Latin AmericaText: Larissa KennedyImage: Javie Huxley
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
Hear·August 21, 2025The club can heal usHow raving keeps us alive – even when the world is trying to kill usText: Fopé AjanakuImage: Tinuke Fagborun
ArticlesHear·June 30, 2022“Mandem settle, womxn to the front”Why inclusive dancefloors are key to a safer nightlife experienceText: Safiya BashirImage: Boe
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
ArticlesHear·June 12, 2021A colonial hang-up: how the need to speak English is gatekeeping the climate movementIt's time to create spaces for all people to participate Text: Maria Azul SchvartzmanImage: Sabrina Gevaerd
ArticlesHear·March 19, 2020My music is my healing process – and I hope that, through my words, I can help someone else in theirsAtlantis Gandhi is a young British singer/songwriter and producer whose music, which...Text: Isabella PearceImage: Hannah Robathan
Hear·November 9, 2019A look at the Lebanon uprising through its chantsHow chants are politicised and re-imagined in the streets Text: Elia J. Ayoub
ArticlesHear·August 19, 2019How music can create new meanings of home and identityChatting with Miriam Beam about Enharmonic Text: Miriam Bean