All music is inherently syncretic, traditional and contemporary alike, and it’s impossible (not to mention undesirable) to maintain complete musical purity. If this wasn’t the case, there would be no ...

With a combined age somewhere in the region of 130, French couple Pepe and Irene deliver a powerful industrial sound that a band less than half their age would struggle to match. Words: David McKenna.

As they release their first album on the Def Jam label for 22 years, Public Enemy's Chuck D discusses the past, the present and the possible future with Angus Batey In an exclusive extract from his ...