The release of a new version of Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 with vocals from Portishead’s Beth Gibbons is cleverly timed, says Phil Hebblethwaite. When the piece was first a hit in the early-90s, it offered respite at a similarly turbulent moment in history
This month Gary Suarez ponders the ever-thorny issue of the "institutional disadvantage" facing LGBT rappers, before considering new tapes by DT Blanco, B.I.C. (Bitches Is Crazy), Towkio, Rich Homie Quan and Cities Aviv