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Sam Fender's poignant ballad Remember My Name tackles dementia with heartfelt lyrics

Sam Fender. People Watching. If you think Sam Fender is lightweight, listen to Remember My Name – a sublimely touching and majestic ballad...

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Singing sensation Rumer on how she beat the maddening pressures of fame

  Sarah Joyce vividly remembers the day her life changed forever. She was with Steve Brown, her first producer, in the back of...

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Time For Action – remembering the 1979 Mod revival

Feb 14 Secret Affair. Glory Boys. They were the most successful of the bands who surfaced in The Jam’s rocket-fuelled jet stream, and...

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Jazz icon Gregory Porter, the International Troubadour of Love

Gregory Porter is hard to miss. Not only is he 6ft 3 and 16stone, he also wears an eye-catching modified Kangol Summer Spitfire...

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Rumer has it, triumphant return of the barmaid superstar

Rumer. In Session. She has the most beautiful voice since Karen Carpenter, warm, velvety, and full of heart. Rumer, also known as Sarah...

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The Verve's bittersweet symphony: their greatest hits recalled

The Verve. This Is Music: The Singles. The BritPop pioneers split up twice in their bittersweet career before conking out for good in...

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‘Soul Man’ Sam Moore of Sam and Dave dies at age 89

Sam Moore, one half of the soul duo Sam & Dave, whose hits set the standard for soul music in the 1960s, died...

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Teen stabbed to death outside East Harlem restaurant remembered as ‘kind soul’

A teen knifed to death outside an East Harlem restaurant was remembered Monday as a helpful neighbor — and the last person they...

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Queen Bee was the year's biggest buzz, but who else delivered?

It was the year Taylor Swift cemented her hold on our charts and hearts, Billie Eilish reached new peaks with Hit Me Hard...

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From The Soul, new albums reviewed by Garry Bushell

Michael Kiwanuka. Small Changes. You might know him best from Cold Little Heart, the enchanting, Isaac Hayes reminiscent theme tune from the darkly...