A week of Kamala Harris losing the elections, mud being thrown at Spanish politicians and insurance companies hiring companies to decline medical procedures
A week of a judge blaming Breonna Taylor’s murder on her boyfriend, violence at a parade in Brooklyn and ongoing starvation in Sudan
Meet the musician making Mariachi a feminist issueshado sits down with Alina la Histérica to find out more about how she is making Mariachi a feminist issue and reclaiming public space.Erin Cobby & Illustration: Javie Huxley
Life after ‘Livin la vida loca’Colombian singer-songwriter JSCA on the future of Latin American music in London Erin Cobby
Resisting the Hostile Environment with hip-hopConversations on cuts, deportations and revolution with rapper AWATE.Erin Cobby & Illustration: Salam Zaied
“Mandem settle, womxn to the front”Why inclusive dancefloors are key to a safer nightlife experienceSafiya Bashir & Illustration: Boe
Charting the rise of Pakistan’s electronic music sceneKarachi's first Boiler Room and the importance of carving out space for South Asian DJ talentSafiya Bashir & Illustration: Kohenoor Kamal
Kabeaushé’s masterclass in how to be unmissableMeet the artist bringing alternative Kenyan pop to the world.Erin Cobby
Ugandan percussionists are keeping 700 year old traditions aliveThe Nakibembe Xylophone troupe on memory, ancestry and the transportive power of musicErin Cobby
Meet Knife Girl, the Finnish musician defying gender and genre boundariesOn how her new album celebrates being trans, young and understanding yourself in a crazy worldIsaac Muk & Illustration: Sali Mudawi
Imagining a world beyond caste discrimination through desi-futuristic musicIn conversation with Kapil Seshasayee on caste discrimination, Indian nationalism and the power of music to disrupt mainstream narrativesAkshata Kapoor & Illustration: Joe Habben
Looking back to see ahead: “and no one can trick me with Honey Mouth again”Beautiful Nubia's use of music for storytelling, activism and recollecting cultural memory amidst Nigeria's 2023 electionsAdebayo Quadry-Adekanbi & Illustration: Tinuke Fagborun
What the music industry could learn from sex workers’ fight for decriminalisationIn the words of Laika, “We’re people, not just performers”Erin Cobby
“You grow so much being around queer people”It Man frontman Finn O’Brien on being a trans man in musicRudy Harries & Illustration: Salam Zaied