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Ry Cooder of Buena Vista Social Club: “We got in there and did great things”

In 1996, Ry Cooder assembled the Buena Vista Social Club and turned Havana’s forgotten musical aristocracy into unlikely stars. Twenty-five years on, the magic of the joyous, bittersweet album they recorded together is stronger than ever. But how did its curator and venerable cast navigate power cuts, food shortages and meetings with Fidel Castro?

Introducing the Ultimate Music Guide to The Specials

From the 2 Tone tour to Encore and beyond, via Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield and Special AKA, your definitive guide to an incendiary political band

Caravan’s Pye Hastings tells his Canterbury tales: “The problems of the world didn’t affect us”

Pye Hastings takes us on a tour of Caravan’s old haunts around Canterbury. Along the way, we hear how wigwams, Brussels sprouts and a bypass near Sevenoaks helped them become the enduring, if unlikely, heroes of prog.

Richard Dawson Q&A: End Of The Road Festival 2021 – Day 4

The Hen Ogledd mastermind accidentally reveals news of a new album, amongst revelations about music's ancient spirit, "block-time" and groin chips
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