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Anna Calvi, the eponymous debut by one of this year’s “Sound of 2011” longlist nominees, starts vainly with that staple...
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Abbas Panjwani examines the changing relationship between charity and music. Does it really make a difference?
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Where have all the great British albums gone, asks James Benge.
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Danny Boyle’s downloadable double disc release of the soundtrack to Friday’s majestic Olympic opening ceremony is sure to be divisive....
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Otis Graham, Joel Duddell and Ophelia Stimpson
Beni: Benicàssim is on a beach on Spain’s east coast. Should you go there, you will find yourself basking in...
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Ashley Cooke and Maria Le Brun
Ashley Cooke and Maria Le Brun discuss the effects of illegal downloads on the music industry. For Music piracy doesn’t...
Sasha Ward
Oxford based charity, Oxfam, celebrated its 70th birthday by holding a musical festival in the city last Saturday. A ‘musical...
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Will Upton
Will Upton discusses the similarities between sport and music. Drugs are used in professional music. Of course some of them,...
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Will Upton
Will Upton discusses the art of writing about music. When I came to Oxford I knew I’d soon be sweating...
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Olivia Arigho Stiles
You might have escaped the pealing bells of Oxford’s St Giles, but enter your local shopping centre and there’s sure...
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You should definitely care about James Blake. The electronic musician (though it seems insufficient to categorize him as such) got...
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Any listener of Sonic Youth mentions how discordant and strange their take on rock was and still is. In the...
Claire Davis speaks to Naomi Charatan, the president of this year's TSAF
James Restall
Oxfam is to receive the Freedom of the City of Oxford in October in recognition of its achievements both in...
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Tom Goulding
Au Seve – Julio Bashmore While the big festival track to come from Bristol-based Matt Walker last year was undoubtedly...
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Will Upton
If you tuned in to Radio One sometime between seven and eight pm on the 6th June 2011 you might...
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Lewis Coenen-Rowe
Lewis Coenen-Rowe explains why pop and classical music are really the same thing. I turned on the radio the other...
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Alex Mills
“Blues is a feeling, that makes you feel very bad.” So said Lightnin’ Hopkins, with enviable concision. Blues is likewise...
Maria Smaldone
If you’ve taken a stroll down to the corner of Cornmarket and Queen Streets, then you’ve noticed that the city...
