Opinion & Essays
Opinion & Essays
Music and Wartime in Ukraine, Part Two: Our Choice, Our Future
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk continues her inquiry into the war's cultural front, and looks ahead to an uncertain and dangerous future
Opinion & Essays
Music and Wartime in Ukraine, Part One: Life, or Culture?
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk explores the Ukrainian musicians whose work has placed them on the cultural frontlines of the war, from 2014 to the present day
Opinion & Essays
No Ordinary Thing: The Momentous Life & Times of Dory Previn
On the release of a new documentary on Dory Previn, Adelle Stripe explores an artist who learned to live with voices in her head, despite societal and institutional pressure to ignore them, and whose experiences demonstrate how female artists can seek a fulfilled creative life against the odds
Opinion & Essays
Since Yesterday, and The Sororal Strength of Scottish Girl Bands
On the release of new documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands, Claire Sawers speaks to Sunset Gun's Louise Rutkowski and The McKinleys' Jeanette Gallacher to explore how sisterhood – in both a biological and symbolic sense – was both crucial to their creativity, and a cause for their dismissal by the wider music industry
Opinion & Essays
Community in the Ukrainian Underground, Part Two: “Nyzhnoyurkivska”, Porichka, the Ukrainian Institute and Noise Every Wednesday
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk and Kseniia Yanus continue their examination of the DIY stations, events and communities that are providing a framework for the Ukrainian music scene
Opinion & Essays
Community in the Ukrainian Underground, Part One: “Nyzhnoyurkivska”, 20 Ft Radio and The Module Project
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk and Kseniia Yanus examine the radio stations, small events and music schools that are forming the heart of Ukraine’s underground music communities
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Blood Red Dues: King Crimson’s Red Turns 50
Recorded at King Crimson’s nadir, Red looked destined to be just another forgotten final album, its release playing second fiddle to Robert Fripp’s idiosyncratic “retirement”. 50 years later, its influence is immeasurable, the perfect distillation of what’s possible from a rock trio, says Jeremy Allen
Opinion & Essays
The Labels Shaping a New Ukrainian Underground Part 2: Money, Money, Money…
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her look into Ukrainian DIY record labels. Having surveyed those attempting utopian collective approaches in part one, this time she examines the unavoidable downsides of running a label during wartime
Opinion & Essays
The Labels Shaping a New Ukrainian Underground Part 1: Era of Discovery or Information Overload?
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat casts her eye over the DIY labels grappling with an underground music scene that's been reshaped by war
Opinion & Essays
The Women Moving Ukraine’s Underground, Part 2: Thinking About the Future
In the second instalment of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her investigation into the role of women in the country's wartime music scene, and seeks out the figures who will shape the future
Opinion & Essays
The Women Moving Ukraine’s Underground, Part 1: Metal, Mobilisation and Music
In the first instalment of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat explores the role of women in the Ukrainian music scene during wartime
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