Ahead of his Village Underground show, American singer-songwriter and producer Jonathan Wilson talks to John Freeman about the creation of "a degree of excellence" on his latest album Fanfare while updating the legacy of his beloved Laurel Canyon
Tim Burrows speaks to the all-female 70-strong Lips choir at their recent gig with Goldfrapp about the importance of creating autonomous spaces of song in a sexist and nasty age. Photographs by Hayley Hatton, live picture by Christie Goodwin