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Chris Salmon

January 2017

  • Photo of BEZ and HAPPY MONDAYS<br>UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of BEZ and HAPPY MONDAYS; Bez dancing  (Photo by Ian Dickson/Redferns)

    Pills, thrill and maracas … Bez and the great dancing mascots of pop explain their craft

    When Bez started bouncing around with Happy Mondays, no one could believe their eyes. But is there more to it than popping pills and shaking a tambourine? Three legendary dancers reveal all

January 2015

  • George Ezra

    The hidden hit makers: how indie singers become pop songwriters

    Chris Salmon: The former stars of bands such as Aqualung and Athlete are writing hits for One Direction, George Ezra and Lianne La Havas

February 2014

  • The Cambridge Junction

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    The gig venue guide: The Junction, Cambridge

    Chris Salmon finds there's something quite civilised about a night at The Junction

March 2013

  • Devendra Banhart

    30 minutes with …
    Devendra Banhart: 'I love almost every Britpop band'

    The Venezuelan singer and artist on Britpop, life under Chávez and childhood memories of bugs' guts

November 2012

  • Dionne Warwick

    30 minutes with …
    Dionne Warwick: 'I refused a couple of Bacharach and David songs'

    The Walk On By singer has five Grammys – but she reveals she would really like the chance to win an Oscar or an Emmy, she tells Chris Salmon

October 2012

  • Brandon Flowers … 'People become reliant on coffee.'

    30 minutes with …
    Brandon Flowers: 'The world is against the Christian man'

    The Killers singer on the evils of coffee, hanging out with Mitt Romney and putting Richard Dawkins right on God

August 2012

  • BT London Live 2012 Celebration Concert: Blur

    Blur – Olympic Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert review

    Blur bid farewell to the Olypmics in fine style, whether or not it proves to be their own farewell too, writes Chris Salmon

June 2012

  • Music blog
    Once musicians were too cool for the terraces – not now

    Chris Salmon: There was a time when music shunned sport – then something changed: sport started generating more money than music

February 2012

  • Azealia Banks

    Pop stars working the web

    Rihanna is the queen of Twitter. David Byrne's psychedelic radio show is a global hit. And Tim Burgess has his own virtual caff, writes Chris Salmon

January 2012

  • Rick Ross

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    Click to download: Rick Ross's midwinter rhymes

  • Michael Kiwanuka

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    Click to download: the sound of January

December 2011

  • Ireene Wicker

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    Click to download: Undiscovered Christmas tunes

    Want great music at Christmas? Ho ho ho! Chris Salmon tracks down the best festive releases

  • Jon Hopkins

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    Click to download: Spotify's next step

    Spotify is now helping users sift through its songs, writes Chris Salmon
  • Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler

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    Click to download: Xmas calendars

    Digital Advent calendars are spilling from behind every digital door this year, writes Chris Salmon

November 2011

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    Click to Download: Abbey Road composition competition, Okkervil River, Odd Future

    Abbey Road Studios has started its own talent competition – and it beats the heck out of the X Factor, reckons Chris Salmon
  • Dylan Baldi aka Cloud Nothings

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    Click to Download: Resonance FM, Take Away Shows, Cloud Nothings

    Chris Salmon: The UK's foremost experimental radio station continues to provide all manner of weird pleasures
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      Click to download: the xx, MGMT, the National

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      Click to Download: Mustachiness, Drinkify, WeAreHunted

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      Click to Download: The Lovie web music awards

October 2011

  • Noel Gallagher

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    Click to download: Beady Eye, High Flying Birds, Emeli Sandé

    Is it wise to leave Oasis behind? Chris Salmon keeps a Beady Eye on the High Flying Birds in his weekly web roundup
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