Music Features
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Your New Favourite Band #5: Miracle Parade
A great storyteller and a talented multi-instrumentalist, former Everyday Visuals man Christopher Pappas reveals his new solo project, Miracle Parade.
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Cloud 9 Festival
A relative newcomer to the crowed summer festival circuit, Cloud 9 is set to welcome 5,000 visitors to a farm in Cheshire tomorrow morning. But rather than trying to flog you beer or cigarettes, the event's sponsors will be concentrating their efforts on significant and relevant mental health issues.
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In Focus: AFC Wimbledon
With their return to the English Football League this weekend, Joe Rivers takes a look at the story of AFC Wimbledon and finds out how the club are using music to forge the way ahead.
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Staff Playlist #9: Collaborations
The latest in our series of playlists seeks out the results from the great and the good of pop music working together. What creative alchemy occurs when talented artists join forces? After the jump you'll find some of our favourite collaborative tracks.
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2000 Trees (Friday and Saturday)
Earlier this month, No Ripcord writers Craig Stevens and Joe Rivers spent three days in a field listening to music, trudging through mud and getting rained on. The first part of their adventure took part in a small field in Gloucestershire.
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Latitude Festival 2011 (Sunday)
After two days at a small local festival in the Gloucestershire countryside, Craig and Joe headed east for an altogether different festival experience: Latitude.
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Overlooked Albums #13: Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger
Bluesman and rock n' roll trailblazer Bo Diddley had a rich and varied career. Here, Angel Aguilar looks back on one of this classic records, the aptly-named Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger.
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Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)
Following her recent, tragic death, Joe Rivers looks back over the life and career of Amy Winehouse.
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Overlooked Albums #12: Iggy Pop - Soldier
Sonic danger still radiates from each and every track on Iggy Pop's under-appreciated 1980 album, Soldier; living proof of a reputation as a fine rock and roll singer after a career spanning five decades.
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Overlooked Albums #11: Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
A whole different Mac made this classic record, a fantastic blend of real deal blues and forward thinking experimentation.
Alan Shulman considers...
