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  Wormwood Scrubs blues: inside the gig mixing prisoners with the free

  Wormwood Scrubs blues: inside the gig mixing prisoners with the free. As part of London jazz festival, Rhiannon Giddens performed in the chapel at Wormwood Scrubs prison – supported by a choir of inmates

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  Albums of the week: Mac DeMarco, A.A. Bondy and Rosie Lowe

  Over the course of three albums, Mac DeMarco has quietly become a cult phenomenon. At the heart of the gap-toothed Canadian’s charm is the absence of any music industry careerism — yet he still comes out on top. True to mischievous form, the video for lovely lead single Nobody features DeMarco transformed into a reptilian figure while crooning and smoking a cigar, while Choo Choo undoubtedly could fit with the antics at his live shows.

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  Celtic Connections 2019 programme launched

  The festival is expected to grow from last year, which saw around 2,300 artists perform.

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  Rachel Platten to headline Boston Pops July 4th concert

  BOSTON (AP) — Singer-songwriter Rachel Platten will headline the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July Fourth.

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  Secret sounds: the best songs you didn't hear in 2017

  Makonnen Sheran may be most famous for his voguish, trap-flecked R&B, but he’s never been afraid to leave his comfort zone. Produced by Mike Will Made It (and with unspecified input from Blink-182’s Travis Barker), it was an utterly bizarre blend of joyous pop-punk, double-time Beach Boys-esque surf rock and mournful AutoTune-twisted vocals. Lyrically, Love is gratifyingly hate-filled: Makonnen seethes over a disloyal ex, taking up smoking weed in order to complete his transformation from wide

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  Album reviews: Sleaford Mods - English Tapas, Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer, Thundercat​ - Drunk, and more

  Since Sleaford Mods released Key Markets in 2015, things have changed radically, and arguably not for the better. Indeed, the general trajectory of creeping decline and bitterness makes Mods’ ranter Jason Williamson seem like some prescient social-analytic genius – so what does he foretell in English Tapas? The album takes its title from a pub chalkboard menu spotted by Williamson’s beat-sculpting partner Andrew Fearn, a finger-food feast comprising half a scotch egg, a cup of chips, pickle an

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