Music Interviews

Bombskare frontman Scott McCafferty on the band's success and why ska music will never die

To mark Refugee Week, we spoke to three people who have transformed their lives – and others' – since they came to the UK, through art and culture

Few hip-hop acts have more to brag about than De La Soul and yet few are so down to earth

We speak to rock n' rollers Band of Skulls about their latest album, recording in a church and that fighting spirit

Dead! are four young chaps whose blistering alt rock takes no prisoners

Yorkshire has always been a fertile breeding ground for new music, and alt-rockers Glass Mountain are the latest product of the region

Katy Blackwood chats to Amory and Eleanor about the stigma of pop and when we might finally see a Girl Friend album

Katy Blackwood gets to know a fledgling force in alternative pop in the first of our spotlight interviews from The Great Escape

We sat down with Richard Fairbrass (one half of the brotherly duo) to talk about their storied career, and what the future holds

Jake Bugg on his Beastie Boys inspiration, and why he wishes he was more prolific – despite reaching his third album by the age of 22

Find out about the madness, the rehearsals and the politics which go into waving the Union Jack in front of millions of Europeans

Alex Nelson sat down with bassist Marco Panogopoulos to talk DIY tours, playing to your own ideals, and being "very very f*cking loud"

Daniel Jeakins spoke to the New York-band responsible for nineties mega-hit 'Iris'

Fast rising songwriter talks home-made instruments, not being pigeon-holed, and the importance of honest songwriting

Veteran house DJ Graeme Park discusses the influence of Manchester’s iconic The Haçienda nightclub ahead of the Haçienda Classical shows – with Mike Pickering, Peter Hook and The Manchester Camerata Orchestra. Looking back, The Haçienda’s influence is vast. It was arguably the first British super club and Cream, Ministry Of Sound and others used us …

We talk to Picadilly Records manager Patrick Ryder on the community spirit of Record Store Day