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Love Supreme 2018: Interview with festival headliners Earth, Wind And Fire

Brighton Festival 2018: Sam Green on his live documentary about Kronos Quartet

Brighton Festival 2018: Ezra Furman on politics, faith and his siege mentality

The Great Escape 2018: Meet the man who selects the huge line-up

Brighton Festival 2018: Supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique want to "change mentalities"

No looking back for Elvis Costello as he gears up for Love Supreme

US country singer Courtney Marie Andrews on sudden success and why we need more women in music

Sarah Blasko makes a special return to cherished former home with Brighton gig

Cult songwriter Beans On Toast celebrates a milestone – of sorts – in Brighton

Hyped songwriter Isaac Gracie speaks before Brighton show

Chemistry is the secret to We Are Scientists' longevity

Introducing Girl Ray, the indie-pop band who love ABBA and are making waves in the US

Thought punk was dead? Try telling that to London rockers Shame

Indie band Penelope Isles are destined for big things, but indebted to their hometown

Katherine Jenkins on fame, family and national pride before huge Haywards Heath concert

Japanese rock band Shonen Knife: "Kurt Cobain was very kind and gentle"

On the Radar: Bad Laws talk to Mary Smith

Couple bring emotional EP to the Coast

Rag 'n' Bone Man: Let’s nurture talented youngsters – wherever they are from

Insecure Men: the indie supergroup born out of troubled times

Welsh singer Gwenno's new album is written entirely in the Cornish language - here's why

Meet Superorganism, the buzz band who met on the internet and are shaking up pop music

Sunderland band Field Music on fatherhood, privilege and their new album

New York rock band Sunflower Bean: "We've been thinking about our place in the world"

Introducing HMLTD, rock music's new great entertainers

Erasure: Trump and Brexit have been good for lyricists - not so much the world

Jesca Hoop on Mormonism, moving to England and the "excruciating" songwriting process

Brighton's Fickle Friends on life as a band: "You go from huge highs to severe lows"

Triptych festival is a chance to catch Brighton's best new bands

Franz Ferdinand: "It feels like a different band now"

Brighton's The Go! Team: "The band has always had a utopian feel"

Brighton rock band Tigercub before hometown gig: "We've come further in nine months than we did in six years"

Japan's Kodo Drummers on their music: "It's a monastic kind of life"

Doc 'n' Roll Film Festival tells the true stories behind the music

Tokio Myers: I don't want to be put in a box

Mica Paris: My gospel family said I was going to Satan

Jinkx Monsoon: Performing in drag is a political statement

Paloma Faith: To be a good parent you have to open your heart wider than ever before

Simon Raymonde: I never thought I'd be in a band I felt as strongly about as Cocteau Twins

Enter Shikari talk moshpits, mindfulness and anxiety ahead of Brighton Centre gig

Sussex rock icons Royal Blood reflect on the "wildest time" of their lives before Brighton Centre gig

Happy Mondays singer Rowetta: we still argue but now it's out of tiredness rather than hate

Stereophonics on Bowie, Bob Dylan and staying relevant

Ghostpoet: "I am a concerned citizen of the world"

Fleet Foxes: We're not hanging on for dear life this time

PP Arnold: "Mine is a unique story"

Boyzlife: "There were never plans for a full reunion"

Unlikely film stars Wolf Alice on the "love" that keeps the band together

Jane Weaver: "I had to do something with that sadness and energy"

The Strypes: The music business can be pretty bad

Bananarama: "We still feel like teenagers"

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