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La Fura dels Baus
Biba Kopf gets theatrical with the Spanish sewer-troupe

Sylvia Hallett
Rob Young enters the fiddler's dream

Daniel Lanois
Musician B.J. Cole seeks the sought-after producer

Raoul Bjorkenheim
K. Martin anatomises the Finn's guitar roar

Stan Tracey
Andy Hamilton spends time with the Great Jazz Briton

The Fall
Sam Batra passes judgement on the canny Manchester institution

Seeing Things
Val Wilmer's visual record of April 1968

Remembering 68
Musicians and writers recall their days in May - Mark Sinker sums up

Jazz & Freedom 68
Ben Watson puts the politics back into music

Alvin Lucier
Geoffrey Smith and Nicola Walker-Smith Q&A the experimental composer

Great Lost Recordings
Barry Witherden on Chris McGregor's 68 SA crew

Reel To Reel
David Eimer unspools recent ambient and rave videos

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