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"I'm just sharpening my pen": Lola Brooke is the rap upstart ready for world domination

After exploding onto the scene in 2021, Lola Brooke has quickly become one of hip hop's rising stars — she talks to Adam Davidson about Brooklyn, performing at the Barclays Center and showing her versatility

8 of the best AI tools for music production

Want to use AI to your advantage as a musician? Check out these tools for music production

Ethereal splendour: the otherworldly spectacle of Secret Garden Party

Never ones to let a little rain dampen anyone's spirits, SGP returned for four days of ethereal splendour at Mill Hill Farm

29 years of DJ Deeon: 20 of the ghetto house pioneer's best releases

The dance music legend heavily influenced global club music by leading the ghetto house genre. Here is a year-by-year (ish) list of some of his best releases

KASIA: “I truly love the energy of Romanian crowds”

We catch up with techno prodigy KASIA ahead of her performance at Romania’s UNTOLD Festival next month

Autonomy, community and a vast quantity of quality music: Why B.A.D. founded a label

Shiba Melissa Mazaza speaks to NIKS and Tanya Akinola about the launch of Black Artist Database's label

Major League Djz's top five emerging artists from South Africa

As part of the Nando's Mix It Up campaign, we asked Major League Djz to dig below the surface of South Africa’s peerless music scene

Exploring the homeland of amapiano with Niko B

For Nando's Mix It Up project, Niko B visited South Africa to experience the culture which birthed amapiano and personally experiment with the genre for the first time

Exploring the homeland of amapiano with Lost Girl

For Nando's Mix It Up project, Lost Girl joined a group of UK music stars on a trip to South Africa to learn about the food, culture, and create unique collaborations in the studio

Deep dives with Dad: Discovering the hidden Bollywood references in Western music

Vee Pandey explores cultural parallels and Desi sampling in a conversation with her dad

Review: Neversea Festival is a celebration of offline life

Europe's biggest beach festival is a blissful experience

Windrush 75 mix: Tash LC

Tash LC selects a classic hour of dub, reggae and calypso

RIP DJ Deeon: A force of nature who rocked speakers around the globe

DJ Deeon's legacy has impacted every strain of modern dance music. Joe Muggs and peers of the Chicago ghetto house pioneer pay tribute

A brief lesson in the origins of jungle from MC Navigator

Semper Azeez-Harris speaks to legendary MC Navigator about jungle and its roots in reggae

Windrush 75 mix: General Courts

General Courts mixes a whirlwind hour of grime

Impact and inspire: The anatomy of Wizkid’s rise to Afropop stardom

Kelechi Okafor speaks to Wizkid about spirituality, staying grounded and instilling positive energy in the next generation

10 photos that show Serbia's EXIT is like no other festival

EXIT hosted over 200,000 guests and 1000 artists in the Petrovaradin Fortress, including Wu-Tang Clan, The Prodigy, Skrillex and more

How UK cultural institutions are celebrating and archiving the lives of the Windrush generation

Niellah Arboine reports on the vital celebrations and exhibitions that commemorate the Windrush Generation

Review: Ice Spice-mania and neo-punk rage rap rule Wireless Festival

The opening day of Wireless Festival 2023 saw a series of show-stopping performances. Tiffany Ibe reports

9 photos of Kappa FuturFestival, an art and techno lover's dream

Over 100,000 ticket holders flocked to Torino to watch big names like Detroit in Effect, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, and many more

Glory and Gobshites: NYC Downlow's tribute to Lily Savage was equal parts heart, equal parts hard-faced

The South East Corner's most notorious nightspot brought a peroxide tone to Glastonbury for 2023 — a touching tribute to the Dame of Birkenhead