Zhuangzi, whose given name was Zhou and courtesy name was Zixiu, was from Meng, the State of Song (now Qinglian Temple ...

A documentary on Gaza commissioned for the BBC, only to later be dropped from the broadcaster’s schedule, will be aired on ...

It’s not often one gets the opportunity to combine the words ‘Derek Bailey recently discovered audience’ and ‘recording’ in ...

The critics who hailed his work were undoubtedly right, as were those such as Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Phil Collins, and ...

I first came across the music of Johnny J Blair back in the 80s or 1990s and have just found out he has moved house (and ...

A chance discovery, in a stifling attic—in the alcove, bottom of a box, a slim journal, un-named, un-signed, windows on ...

One cracked poem bleeds into another’s code, One banned song seeds the next defiant chord, One brushstroke IGNITES a thousand ...

Low-fi puppetry and electronica combine in this Blue-Peter-meets-Thunderbirds video by this sorely missed band.

Chris reminisces about his first London job as a press officer for Polydor Records, for whom he chaperoned Siouxsie & the Banshees to tapings of Top of the Pops. He then talks us through his writing ...

We don’t write music anymore, just shape an algorithm based on chatter and traffic. The rhythm of doors slamming, terminal ...

I have been an idiot, a poet in my own head. On a personal level I am boring and vacuous, a bit of a dickhead. I do like ...

After you died. I wanted to book a flight away from the pain. I was thinking Tangier. Hotel Rembrandt? I wanted to be alone.