Hear·September 8, 2025‘Tuff Times Never Last’… this too shall passHow Kokoroko’s latest album is a sonic balm for a world in fluxSimmone Ahiaku & Image: Fiona Quadri
Hear·August 21, 2025The club can heal usHow raving keeps us alive – even when the world is trying to kill usFopé Ajanaku & Image: Tinuke Fagborun
Hear·August 19, 2025SHARPE festival is holding firm in Slovakia’s culture warSpaces of free expression are becoming all the more precious as the country veers closer towards illiberalismJohn Bell & Image: İsmihan Uğurlu
Hear·August 13, 2025The woman behind the Dancehall Queen of SwitzerlandLateena, the Jamaican artist reclaiming riddims for trans self-loveLarissa Kennedy & Image: Esther Lalanne
Hear·June 17, 2025Untangling chains of complicity: music festivals during genocideKKR, cultural capital and the movements challenging the corporate festival machineDarío Karim Pomar Azar & Image: Natasha Phang Lee
Hear·April 14, 2025The Raï Legacy: mapping Algeria’s struggles through its most opinionated music genreExploring how the rebellious spirit of a former colony can be channelled through its national folk musicTommy H & Image: Bougi
Hear·April 10, 2025Honouring our ancestors in activism: In conversation with ArowahArt is a weapon for the massesSara Bafo & Image: 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 AmericaLarissa Kennedy & Image: Javie Huxley
Hear·February 12, 2025“Carrying the torch” of a queer country renaissanceOrganisations like Stud Country are bringing a rich history and community of country dance to a new generation of urban cowboysNing Chang
Hear·September 24, 2024Is the dance music scene in Liverpool homophobic?It’s not all looking badSam Tulley & Image: Boe
Hear·May 21, 2024The Revolution is in 808On drill as a periscope with Adèle Oliver, author of Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK DrillSimmone Ahiaku & Image: Tinuke Fagborun
HearStaff Picks of the Month·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"Hana Fujii Bennet & Image: Inès Hachou