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Lucy Dacus: 'Nothing is only sad. Nothing is only funny' Mar 24, 2018

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Lucy Dacus' astonishingly confident second album Historian has cemented the 22 year old from Virginia as one of the standout artists of 2018.

Chuck D: 'I always have a middle finger towards Captain Cook' Mar 24, 2018

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Public Enemy's Chuck D and Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk talk power, politics and packing a punch with their new band Prophets of Rage.

INTERVIEW: Jack White on ladybugs, taxidermy and his confounding new album Mar 24, 2018

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Jack White has always gone against the grain, drawing on the minimalism of early blues and analogue recording for The White Stripes when everyone else was going digital. His third solo record Boarding House Reach is packed to the rafters with new sounds and colourful characters. He speaks to Kirsten Johnstone.

Victoria Hanna backstage at Womad Mar 24, 2018

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Trevor Reekie talks to Israeli musician Victoria Hanna backstage at Womad.

The Mixtape: Tina Cross Mar 17, 2018

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Tina Cross started her career as a teenager on song and dance Television shows in the 70s. At 59, she's a songwriter, an ambassador for Women's refuge, and she runs workshops in prisons.

Carnivorous Plant Society cram the RNZ studio full of band members, instruments, and genres Mar 17, 2018

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Cinematic jazz gang Carnivorous Plant Society perform live at RNZ.

Hex Live from SXSW Mar 17, 2018

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Tony Stamp speaks to Hex's Kiki Van Newtown at South By Southwest.

Rahim Alhaj interview Live at WOMAD Mar 17, 2018

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Rahim Alhaj's new album 'Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quintet" draws from the stories and experiences recounted to him by Iraqui people following the U.S. invasion. He talked to Trevor Reekie backstage at Womad.

The Breeders' Kim Deal: All Nerve Mar 17, 2018

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Kim Deal is one of the most iconic and influential voices of the 90s as bassist and sometime singer of The Pixies, and as leader of her own band The Breeders. She speaks to Kirsten Johnstone about The Breeders' new album All Nerve, sobriety, and having songs written about her.

Kamasi Washington - the young giant of jazz Mar 17, 2018

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The American tenor saxophonist heralded as the saviour of jazz tells us he leaves "the music wide open".