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Best of British for Mercury Prize

10.07.09
As it's nearly time for the annual UK album contest that is the Mercury Prize, David Smyth names his 12 favourites of the year.... more

Jimmy Cliff-hanger at Rise Festival

14.07.08
Reggae veteran Jimmy Cliff was cut off mid-song by the curfew in front of 100,000 at Rise. Otherwise, this was a well-organised festival.... more

Lily and Pixie and a host of stars pitch up among thousands of festival-goers descending on Glastonbury

27.06.08
Celebrities were among the 200,000 revellers who descended on Glastonbury today for the start of Britain's biggest music festival. The stars were spotted getting into the festival spirit with a drink in the backstage area today.... more

Off the record: Life in the old records yet

20.06.08
David Smyth enjoys a book devoted to the soon-to-be-extinct hobby of record shopping, discusses Coldplay's copyright troubles and finds Agyness Deyn's singing is less impressive than her looks. ... more

Boris Johnson under fire after Rise festival alters its message

17.06.08
Boris Johnson has been criticised by campaigners for dropping the central anti-racism message of the Rise music festival... more

Old rockers Mick Jagger and Bob Geldof on daddy duty as they take out their young daughters to a reggae play

10.06.08
Bob Geldof and Mick Jagger take their daughters to a play to spend some quality time. ... more

An uplifting night of reggae

10.06.08
Despite indifferent acting, when the whole cast and the tight band pull together, The Harder They Come is enthralling.... more

Off the record

23.05.08
David Smyth talks to reggae veteran Jimmy Cliff about reigniting his film career and check's out what's new on the net.... more

Glastonbury organisers defend choice of hip-hop star Jay-Z as headline act

15.04.08
Glastonbury organisers have defended their decision to pick hip-hop star Jay-Z to headline this year's festival. Co-organiser Emily Eavis counter-attacked after Noel Gallagher claimed it was 'wrong' to give a rapper top billing at the festival ... more

Reggae grooves and snake-hips

12.03.08
After two sell-out runs at Theatre Royal Stratford East it's great to see reggae musical The Harder They Come loosen up the venerable old Barbican.... more

East End to celebrate its creative side

17.01.08
Arts bodies in the East End are joining forces for a one-week festival in March celebrating the vibrancy of its creative communities.... more

Take me out: best events

01.02.07
There's a second chance to see reggae musical The Harder They Come, there'll be an interactive performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square and Hot Fuzztival gets underway.... more

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