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Interview: Luke Cartledge, The Independent Music Dispatch

‘I think that we are going to have to radically reappraise the relationship fans of music have with the people who create it and the people who support that creation.’

By Olly Wareham 20 Apr 2020
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Playlist: Jamie Lawson

We asked Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson to make us a playlist to help us through another weekend indoors. Get listening.

By Maya Radcliffe 17 Apr 2020
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Interview: Jazz Mino

'I think my only golden rule with songwriting is that I’m true to myself when it comes to what I’m writing about. The lyrics are extremely important to me and are normally narratives about my life and my experiences.'

By Maya Radcliffe 15 Apr 2020
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Interview: Gwilym’s Ifan Pritchard

'The Welsh Language Music Scene has produced so much contemporary talent for over 50 years, we’re just the fortunate ones who have these tools to share our work on a wider scale, and it seems that people want to listen.’

By Maya Radcliffe 14 Apr 2020
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Interview: Lauran Hibberd

‘It’s a scary time but I’m just staying in, getting my head down, trying to use it to do loads of writing and recording.’

By Faye Ducker 9 Apr 2020
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Behind the scenes: AI Song Contest

'Musicians are in their nature creative, and AI can be a new and interesting part of that creativity. With this contest, we want to help the community - both researchers and musicians - take AI in music in this positive direction.'

7 Apr 2020
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Interview: Paul Leonard-Morgan

M Magazine caught up with film, TV and game composer Paul Leonard-Morgan to talk about Tales of the Loop, collaborating with Philip Glass on his first ever TV score and going back to basics.

By Maya Radcliffe 3 Apr 2020
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Playlist: PRS Emergency Relief Fund

We asked the team going through the thousands of applications that have been submitted to the ERF what music they’ve been listening to in the process.

By Maya Radcliffe 3 Apr 2020
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Taking Care: PRS Members' Fund

‘Very few things are rigid and fixed in stone – take a cue from nature when going out on your daily walk – look closely at the emerging life all around. Take heart, that this too will pass and another season will emerge.’

3 Apr 2020
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