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Steve Lamacq: I Saw Them First – Five Massive Bands I Caught in Tiny Venues

As BBC 6 Music launches Independent Venue Week, the broadcasting legend talks us through the backstreet gigs he saw that proved transformative - for everyone involved.

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Billy Joel to Perform New Track at the Grammy Awards

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The Q List: 20 Greatest Who Songs, From 'Love Reign O'er Me' to 'Won't Get Fooled Again'

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Huw Stephens: Five Songs That Changed My Life

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More Props Than 'The Arsenio Hall Show': 'Arsenio's' Greatest Musical Moments

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Jean-Jacques Burnel on Half a Century of the Stranglers: 'If You Were Lucky, You Had a Few Years in the Limelight and Then You Had to Grow Up and Get a Proper Job'

Ahead of the Stranglers' 50th anniversary tour, the legendary bassist reflects on a 'mentally challenging' back catalogue and the joy of sticking two fingers up to the detractors.

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Philadelphia's Kaonashi Discuss Breaking Genre Boundaries and New EP 'The 3 Faces of Beauty'

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Gary Clark on His Journey From Danny Wilson to John Carney and Getting Oscar Short-Listed for His Songs for the Film 'Flora and Son'

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Jean-Jacques Burnel on Half a Century of the Stranglers: 'If You Were Lucky, You Had a Few Years in the Limelight and Then You Had to Grow Up and Get a Proper Job'

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SeeYouSpaceCowboy's Connie Sgarbossa Speaks on New Album, Sobriety and the Moshing Mishap That Led to Broken Arm

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The Record That Changed My Life: Alex Winter on John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'

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Def.fo on Combining 'Folk, Psychedelic, Indie, Trip-Hop, and Whatever Else' to Create His Debut Album, 'Eternity'

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MTV's Short-Lived 'The Jon Stewart Show' Was a Vital Platform for Controversial Musicians

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‘The Sound of Young America’ – Celebrating 65 Years of Motown, the Label That Changed the World

No other record company has had such a profound impact musically, culturally or socially as the corporation its founder dubbed: ‘Hitsville U.S.A.’

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