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  • 6th February 2023
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Life
·17th May 2017

Oldie of The Week: ‘I Feel The Earth Move’, Carole King (1971)

Oldie of The Week 12/05/17: ‘I Feel The Earth Move’, Carole King (1971) Once described as ‘the unleashing of an...
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News
·14th May 2016

Review: Lemonade – Beyonce

Shahryar Iravani
Beyoncé’s sixth album is a sprawling, visceral examination of scorned womanhood. It is a potent, rousing celebration of blackness in...
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Life
·22nd October 2018

“I hope I make it home” – Gorillaz live at the Lucca Summer Festival July ‘18

Connor Thirlwell
Image credit: Bill Ebbeson. Description: Damon Albarn performing in 2010. Japanese culture considers it rude for someone to greet the...
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Life
·11th November 2017

Oldie of The Week: ‘Ten Years Gone’, Led Zeppelin (1975)

Oldie of The Week: ‘Ten Years Gone’, Led Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti 1975) During Jimmy Page’s talk at The Oxford Union last...
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Culture
·8th March 2019

Sampling, Stealing and Influence: Music and Cultural Appropriation

Georgina Quach
On first listen, the soft-spoken melodies created by Australian rapper Genesis Owusu (born Kofi Owusu-Ansah) don’t immediately ring as political....
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John Joubert (1927-2019): A Celebration
Culture
·28th January 2019

John Joubert (1927-2019): A Celebration

Eric McElroy
John Joubert, one of the most celebrated British composers of our time, died on 7 January at the age of...
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Culture
·7th April 2020

Urban Architects – Constructing a Genre

Anthony Walker
Image Description: The four band members  The music industry is a rapidly changing entity, a constant evolution facilitated by modern...
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Life
·6th September 2014

Meet Wisconsin folk sextet Phox

Six-piece American group Phox returned to the UK in August, following the release of their self-titled debut album at the...
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Life
·29th October 2014

An Interview with renowned pianist adam gyorgy

Jessy Parker Humphreys
The Hungarian virtuoso tells us of beginnings, favourite pieces and the joys of playing in the UK....
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Life
·8th November 2019

Nostalgia’s Rhythm

Caroline Godard
Above: Lake near Nisswa, Minnesota   My earliest memory of listening to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, his ‘Emperor’ Concerto...
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Culture
·11th May 2020

The OxStu isolation music picks

Music Team
Image description: Four album covers from the list Music is often a form of escape, and we could all use...
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Life
·11th October 2016

The Summer in Music

Will Cowie
Brexit, Brangelinexit, and Bake Off-exit: it’s certainly been a summer full of depressing news. But can you remember what’s gone...
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Life
·11th December 2012

Oxstu’s Guide to yule-ternative Christmas tracks

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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Life
·2nd May 2018

Kylie Minogue’s Golden: A wholesome new direction for the queen of pop

Imogen Lawlor
The title of Kylie Minogue’s latest album ‘Golden’ undoubtedly reflects the sentiments of the majority of its tracks: warm, wholesome...
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Column
·5th February 2023

Behind the Busker: Charisma with Carvalho

Amanda Li
Jordan Carvalho is certainly a master at stage presence. You can tell when he’s performing by the echo of his...
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Culture
·28th November 2022

‘The Car’: A Shining Star in The Face of Musical Mediocrity

Jacob Hill
In the age of TikTok dances and flashy music videos, Alex Turner offers a form of modern-day escapism in his...
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Comment
·13th May 2021

Bobi Wine- Uganda’s popstar politician

Toni Ledda
Image description: Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu with his bodyguard Frank Senteza aka Frank during campaigning. Frank is wearing a red top...
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Culture
·6th December 2020

Autism on screen: where Sia went wrong

Charlie Hancock
Image Description: Maddie Ziegler wearing headphones while playing the autistic character ‘Music’ in Sia’s new film. Autistic people are not...
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Life
·28th May 2016

Shut up and play the hits?

Will Cowie
“I don’t care if it hurts, I want to have control”. No, it’s not Christian Grey, it’s Thom Yorke, lead...
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