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<p>The wicker man catches light in a barrage of fireworks on the final day of Green Man festival 2023 </p>

Green Man festival remains an honourable bastion of fine sounds

First Aid Kit, The Walkmen, and Spiritualized lead an eclectic, eccentric weekend in Brecon Beacons

<p>Ego, privacy, and gimmick: why do musicians choose masks? </p>

Inside the world of anonymous bands, from Sleep Token to Daft Punk

<p>Fronted by Pelle Almqvist, The Hives came out of Sweden in the early Noughties </p>

Interview

The Hives: ‘Nothing annoys punks like David Beckham in a Crass shirt’

<p>Hozier: ‘People bring their own turmoil, unknowingly, into a relationship'</p>

Interview

Hozier: ‘Everyone goes through their version of hell’

Interviews

<p>Taylor Skye and Georgia Ellery released their debut album as Jockstrap in 2022 </p>

Mercury Prize 2023

Jockstrap: ‘The audience is on our side and I’m not used to that’

<p>Fraser T Smith: ‘I’m always writing, it’s like a muscle’ </p>

Interview

How producer Fraser T Smith found himself in the spotlight

<p>'The powers-that-be really hate hip-hop in a lot of ways, and they’ve been looking for ways to destroy the spirit of hip-hop, to make people fearful’ </p>

Interview

Ice Cube: ‘Hip-hop was pure – then the agenda changed’

<p>Andrew Ridgeley: ‘For me, when I was a kid, all I wanted to be was an adult. But George was adamant that he could not see himself growing old'</p>

Interview

‘He never thought he’d grow old’: Andrew Ridgeley on George Michael

Music Box

<p>Olivia Dean performs ‘Dive’ at Montreux Jazz Festival for Music Box</p>

Olivia Dean performs ‘Dive’ in session at Montreux Jazz Festival

Lily Moore performs Music Box session at Montreux Jazz Festival

<p>Legendary jazz artist Marcus Miller plays an exclusive session for Music Box at Montreux Jazz Festival</p>

Marcus Miller performs ‘Detroit’ at Montreux Jazz Festival

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New Sensations

<p>Lucinda Chua: ‘I like that feeling of transport: how music can take you outside of your existence'</p>

Interview

Lucinda Chua: ‘I am ready to make music without asking for permission’

<p>As a schoolboy in Croydon, Wilks grew up listening to grime’s first coming</p>

Interview

Rapper Jords on masculinity, Black British identity and his new album

<p>Picture Parlour have been caught in a Twitter storm that should have directed at the industry </p>

Interview

Picture Parlour: ‘You’ve put the target on a ridiculous head’

Album reviews

<p>The Mercury-nominated producer duo Jungle have returned with a delicious new record</p>

Jungle’s playful, super-cool Volcano is the hippest album of 2023

Post Malone’s good lines get lost in the sludge of pop-rock pacing

Live music

We Out Here has the potential to be the UK’s best bijou music festival

<p>Christine and the Queens performs at Wilderness 2023</p>

The wettest Wilderness in recent history was still an absolute joy

Retrospectives

<p>Stevie Wonder photographed in the UK on 25 January 1974, a year after his near-fatal crash</p>

The car crash that almost killed Stevie Wonder, 50 years on

<p>The Thrills in London, 2004 </p>

‘It was bewildering’: The Thrills on their flash-in-a-pan success

<p>Tina Turner performing in Brighton in 1985</p>

Tribute

Tina Turner, the rock goddess whose music lit the fires of hope

<p>Lionel Richie, Brian May, Rod Stewart and Katy Perry </p>

‘The Queen wore earplugs’: Royal pop concerts have always been weird

For the Love of Festivals

<p>From Billie Eilish to Sam Fender, this year’s home turf festivals offer it all</p>

The 11 best music festivals in the UK for 2023

Not sure which music festivals to hit this summer? The Independent’s culture staff have you covered, from Americana and country-themed events in the Kentish countryside to spiritual experiences in the lush Welsh mountains

<p>Head of Culture Patrick Smith with friends at End of the Road festival in 2019</p>

Music festivals have saved me so many times

<p>The festivals we’ve picked will likely tempt music fans to swap mud-trodden fields for a week in the sun</p>

The 14 best music festivals in Europe

<p>‘I didn’t stop drinking’ – Gary Powell at the Isle of Wight festival in 2006</p>

The Libertines drummer Gary Powell on his wildest festival moments

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