See·September 11, 2026“I’m singing because I can’t talk this shit anymore.”Text: Adebayo Quadry-AdekanbiHow Renell Shaw negotiates joy, silence and Black boyhood in Our Eyes Looking for God
Hear·May 27, 2026From pop to protestText: Julianna LImage: Natasha Phang LeeMusic and protest in the social media age
ArticlesHear·May 25, 2026Can ethical music consumption exist in the age of capitalism?Text: Reojenee Dela CuadraImage: Janice SusantoHow abandoning Spotify reignited my love of Filipino music
Hear·May 22, 2026Brasiliano: A language to call homeText: Lara GalvãoImage: Fernanda PeraltaHow Lucas Santtana uses vibrant music to push against colonial legacies
Hear·May 20, 2026Airwaves against austerityText: Alice Vyvyan-JonesImage: Marius Hay SmithWhat Berlin’s community radios tell us about the politics of culture
ArticlesHear·May 11, 2026The zaghrouta, Sabrina Carpenter and the quelling of cultural expressionText: Serene MadaniImage: Hayfaa ChalabiOn the politics of turning ignorance into spectacle
Hear·March 23, 2026A new generation of musicians doubling down on ICE resistanceText: Hayden MerrickImage: Beck O'Hara‘Melt ICE’ and creative counteractions to Trump’s authoritarian takeover
Hear·March 21, 2026The resistance will be… harmonised?Text: Ning ChangMeet some of the groups looking to revive America’s tradition of protest music
Hear·December 1, 2025Silvana Estrada and the roads that lead homeText: Santiago Flores and Aislinn TonisImage: Heedayah LockmanThe fierce act of singing to remember
Hear·September 8, 2025‘Tuff Times Never Last’… this too shall passText: Simmone AhiakuImage: Fiona QuadriHow Kokoroko’s latest album is a sonic balm for a world in flux
Hear·August 21, 2025The club can heal usText: Fopé AjanakuImage: Tinuke FagborunHow raving keeps us alive – even when the world is trying to kill us
Hear·August 19, 2025SHARPE festival is holding firm in Slovakia’s culture warText: John BellImage: İsmihan UğurluSpaces of free expression are becoming all the more precious as the country veers closer towards illiberalism