“DJ Spoony, one of the original pioneers of the UK garage scene,” read the email from London’s Barbican centre, “has joined ...

By Britt Brown Deep within one particularly memorable rant on Lou Reed’s legendarily unhinged 1978 live album Take No ...

As a global community of artists, we can learn to be more sensitive to the needs of Indigenous artists and communities, but it means adopting a willingness to move beyond escapism towards an aware and ...

In The Wire 491/492, John Brien argues that the humble compact disc offers efficient delivery of pure audio that bypasses the ...

The 23 January edition of The Wire ’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Mattie Barbier, Yves De Mey, Simon J Karis, Rojin Sharafi, Raed Yassin, Laura Agnusdei and ...

In The Wire 491/492, Stewart Smith reviews a new autobiography by the multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet ...

Musician and writer David Rothenberg is currently compiling the best whale songs ever recorded, a collection of which is to be released later this year by Important Records. Here he looks at the human ...

In 1998 producer Francis Falceto launched the invaluable Éthiopiques series on the French label Buda Musique, an effort that steadily introduced the music of modern Ethiopia – particularly figures ...

The 16 January edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a guest mix by Lebanese musician, producer and sound engineer Fadi Tabbal, plus music by Grup Ses & ...

Some Derek Bailey anecdotes from the 1970s: Driving across London to make a solo recording at my house and unloading his gear to discover that he'd brought one amplifier, two speakers, three pedals ...

Nicole Mitchell and Calvin Gantt combine music and phraseology on their first collaborative project, 'Don’t Be Skurred'. In light of our times, 'Don’t Be Skurred' directs our attention to a reflection ...