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Stories

What drives the people behind the music? Our ‘Stories’ section brings you interviews, guest features, track-by-track reviews and insights to topics beyond the music industry.

“I Enclose Magic”: Ibeyi On Unity, Opposition, and Symbolism of “Spell 31”

Sharon Van Etten

Darkness Fades: Sharon Van Etten and Her Endeavor to Make Sense of the World

From A Band To A Community: Fabian Fenk On Bodi Bill’s “I Love You I Do”

So Here We Are … Again: How Bloc Party Got Their Fire Back On “Alpha Games”

Hailing “The Capital Of Jazz”: An Introduction To Berlin’s XJAZZ! Festival

Tallinn Music Week 2022: A Festival Between Tomorrow’s Music and Tradition

On the Cultural Front: Tember Blanche Living and Recording in Wartime

In Solidarity With Ukraine: Uplifting Voices From The Country In Times Of War

A Piece of My Earth: Track by Track Through Juanita Euka’s Debut “Mabanzo”

Majken

Track By Track: Majken Unravels Her Melancholic Debut Album ‘Young Believer’

JFDR

Track By Track: JFDR Talks Us Through Her Mesmerizing New Reworks EP

Stev - Photo by AliSe Blandini

Track by Track: Stèv – ‘Beyond Stolen Notes’

Unlearn Being the Man You’re Not: Soft Drug on Masculinity

A Temporary Delight: NBHAP Is Curating The Ten-Day-Album Experiment “Syntax” By Like Lovers

Alt-J’s Gus Unger-Hamilton Gets Real About His Admiration For “Aha Shake Heartbreak” By Kings Of Leon

Light At The End Of The Tunnel: Trentemøller Gives His Gloomy Trademark Sound A Hopeful Twist On “Memoria”