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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is enjoying a 21st century renaissance thanks to orchestras like Chineke! Find out more about the Victorian composer.

Charles Hazlewood introduces the Paraorchestra as they took on the guise of the Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra for a memorable Meltdown 2022 gig.

Peaches, the feminist musician, producer and performer, talks about her appearance at the 2022 Meltdown festival and the influence of Grace Jones.

Relive the sights and sounds of Grace Jones’ 2022 Meltdown festival with contributions from Hot Chip, Dave Okumu and Big Joanie.

Revisit 30 years of the London Jazz Festival in this article which explores its roots and remembers some of its most iconic performances.

Listen to artists from the first 30 years of the London Jazz Festival on this specially curated playlist.

The principal conductor and co-founder of the London Contemporary Orchestra discusses collaboration and his musical journey in this 2022 interview.

Magdalene Odundo discusses how she became a ceramic artist and talks about the appeal of ceramics in this video filmed in her Surrey studio.

How Dmitri Shostakovich’s compositions included secret signals, from his own musical motif to dissent against Josef Stalin’s government.

The composer and sound artist gives a short interview about his musical style and approach to collaboration ahead of a 2022 gig with the LCO.

Guy Gunaratne, Joelle Taylor, Josh Widdicombe, Nova Reid, Jessie Greengrass, Sheen Patel and Elias Jashen share notable books.

Authors James Cahill and Gurnaik Johal discuss their debut books, Tiepolo Blue and We Move in this 2022 interview.