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Papa Sprain
K. Martin talks to the Belfast/London Dream-Poppers

June Tyson 1936-1992
Kereen Karim remembers Sun Ra's singer

The Modern Musiquariam
Three days at the ICA - live shows, talks and films. Book early!

Seeing Things
Michaela Blunden emplores climate and gravity

Great Lost Recordings
Nathan West discusses a Black Power classic

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Win a John Adams CD, a compilation of Mute Records' finest or a Mixing It T-shirt!

Printrun
Reviews of books on Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jimi Hendrix and Dean Martin

Soviet Pop now?
Pere Ubu's David Thomas takes Steppes to discover what Westernisation has wrought

Does rock 'n' roll still matter?
Greil Marcus ponders shelf-life after apparent death for Nirvana, Carl Perkins and others

Anthony Davis
Howard Mandel talks to the jazzman about Malcolm X as opera!

Malcolm X & Black Pop Art
Hopey Glass wonders when African American figures will be portrayed appropriately

John Adams
Brian Morton talks to the Minimalist composer about America's myths and tradition

Invisible Jukebox: Don Pullen
The pianist/organist strains his ears - Philip Watson flips the discs

Living Colour
Ben Watson talks to the Black Metal pioneers

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