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Jesse Malin. Photo by Vivian Wang
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Music Interview: Jesse Malin

Sean Hannam speaks to former D-Generation glam punk frontman, Jesse Malin, who 20 years ago pursued a solo career with The Fine Art of Self-Destruction. It's time for a revisit.

Music Interview: Judith Owen
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Music Interview: Judith Owen

Sean Hannam speaks to British jazz and blues singer Judith Owen, who draws inspiration from ‘unapologetic’ female artists like Pearl Bailey and Blossom Deary. Go beyond the Great American Songbook!

Music Interview: David Arnold
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Music Interview: David Arnold

To celebrate 60 years of Bond movies – and the launch of Bowers & WIlkins' new Px8 007 Edition headphones – Sean Hannam speaks to legendary Bond movie soundtrack composer David Arnold.

Music Interview: Leah Weller
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Music Interview: Leah Weller

We speak to Leah Weller – former model turned singer-songwriter, mother, and daughter of Paul Weller and the Style Council’s Dee C. Lee – about the launch of her new album, Freedom.

Music Interview: Lightning Seeds
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Music Interview: Lightning Seeds

Sean Hannam speaks to Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie on the 2022 heatwave and their single ‘Sunshine’, taken from their first album in 13 years, See You In The Stars.

Music Interview: The House of Love
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Music Interview: The House of Love

If you were around in the Indie scene of the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you couldn't have missed The House of Love. We spoke to legendary front-man, Guy Chadwick.

Music Interview: Bringing Jack McDuff back to life
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Music Interview: Bringing Jack McDuff back to life

Influential US organist Jack McDuff's 'Live at Parnell's' was a lost classic, until Claudio Passavanti of Doctor Mix and Christoph Härtwig of iZotope could bring the cassette masters back to life. They talk to Sean Hannam.

Max Cooper
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Music Interview: Max Cooper

Sean Hannam speaks to the Belfast-born visionary artist and producer Max Cooper, who teamed up with the French spatial audio experts L-Acoustics to help create his latest album, Unspoken Words.

Music Interview: Michael Head
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Music Interview: Michael Head

Michael Head (Pale Fountains, The Strands) is perhaps Liverpool’s great lost songwriter, but Sean Hannam found him and talked about The Red Elastic Band and their latest album, Dear Scott...

Music Interview: Swing Out Sister
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Music Interview: Swing Out Sister

To celebrate 35 years since the formation of the band, in 2022 Swing Out Sister and their record company Cherry Red curated an eight-CD set: Blue Mood, Breakout And Beyond – The Early Years Part 1. Sean Hannam speaks to the 1980s perfect pop duo.

Modern recordings for modern audiophiles (Part One)
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Modern recordings for modern audiophiles (Part One)

Looking to build your music collection? This collection of recordings from the recent past is great musically but also of good enough quality to allow us audiophiles guilt-free listening.

Tord Gustavsen Trio: Opening
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Tord Gustavsen Trio: Opening

The ninth album from Tord Gustavsen's trio – and the first to feature Steinar Raknes on bass – is a delicate mix of jazz, classical and folk themes with a distinct Scandi style. Jason Kennedy listens in.

Music Interview: Alex Lipinski. Photos © Ruari Meehan
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Music Interview: Alex Lipinski

West Country means a very different thing depending on where you live. Originally from Somerset in the UK, this singer-songwriter has the talent to go all the way, says Sean Hannam.

Music Interview: Steven Price
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Music Interview: Steven Price

Sean Hannam and hi-fi+ caught up with Academy Award-winning British film composer, Steven Price in Soho, at the legendary Groucho Club, where he was working with Bowers & Wilkins to promote the Panorama 3 Dolby Atmos soundbar.

Music Interview: Graham Day
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Music Interview: Graham Day

Sean Hannam speaks to Graham Day, one of the founding fathers of British Garage rock, with a true cult following.