Sophia Deboick

26 July 2021

Has Covid killed off the cheesy Euro summer holiday hit?

Covid travel restrictions have dealt a serious blow to the import of holiday tunes from the continent

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19 July 2021

How Poland’s Bjork escaped Pop Idol

How can pop respond to politics? With this year’s album BRUT, Polish alt-pop star Brodka has provided an object lesson, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

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14 July 2021

Cycle tracks: the music of the Tour de France

Long before Kraftwerk plugged in their synthesizers, the epic bike race has been an inspiration for musicians, writes SOPHIA DEBOICK

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13 July 2021

The man who taught us how to eat

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05 July 2021

The music of Venice: Sentimental Serenissima

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04 July 2021

Can politicians really be saints?

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29 June 2021

Ken Johnson and Eddy Grant: Guyana’s music maestros

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22 June 2021

The music of Marseille

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13 June 2021

St Louis: The first city of rock and roll

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06 June 2021

The political power of singing in Ukraine

The country's historical and recent anguish provides a strong undercurrent to its music.

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01 June 2021

Beyond the Beatles: Liverpool’s musical story

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26 May 2021

2 Tone: Lives & Legacies Coventry music fans exhibition

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26 May 2021

How Turkey’s culture war has played out in its music

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18 May 2021

Great Danes: Copenhagen’s musical story

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16 May 2021

How Europe made Bob Dylan: His travels, influences & songs

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15 May 2021

What if the Pope had been assassinated?

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12 May 2021

Johannesburg: The land of hope and stories

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04 May 2021

From the Beach Boys to NWA… LA’s musical history

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28 April 2021

Sounds of the Seychelles: The world’s musical melting pot

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20 April 2021

How rock ‘n’ roll took root in Mexico City

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14 April 2021

How music found a way through Albania’s isolation

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03 April 2021

A Pope in peril: Can Francis lead his Church through crisis?

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29 March 2021

Sunderland: A city of shanties, sass and Mákina Mackems

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20 March 2021

Nuuk power: the music of Greenland

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13 March 2021

From Gil Scott-Heron to hardcore: The music of Washington DC

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07 March 2021

Baghdad – music’s fertile territory

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01 March 2021

Auckland: The city where things are done differently

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22 February 2021

Glasgow’s sensational sounds and its independent spirit

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16 February 2021

The rocker who pushed back against China’s communist rulers

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06 February 2021

The astonishing musical heritage of Georgia

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31 January 2021

Wish Liszt: How Budapest has laid claim to the composer

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23 January 2021

Manchester – the city that raved on and on and on

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