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Sick of recycling the same old songs? Emma Wilkes says the algorithm's out, and albums in full are in...

Breaking, broken, and reflective. Sean Adams ponders the changing business of releasing records.

The 2026 Mercury Prize nominations are out, but Emma Wilkes asks: should its shortlist really be full of big commercial heavyweights?

It's oddly comforting finding the names in Westminster who want to use their political capital to keep arts and culture in national conversations.

A report has confirmed that the growth in CD sales is outpacing that of vinyl - Emma Wilkes unpicks this (with some help from her sister).