Mercury Prize
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Move over guitar rock – Ezra Collective’s propulsive jazz is the true sound of modern Britain
The token jazz album has always been something of an anomaly in the history of the Mercury Music Prize. It’s…
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Mercury Prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys, Raye, and Fred Again on this year’s eclectic shortlist
Arctic Monkeys, Raye, and Fred Again are among the artists behind the 12 eclectic albums shortlisted for this year’s Mercury…
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The Mercury Prize is supposed to celebrate excellence. How did Fred Again get shortlisted?
The 2023 Mercury Prize won’t be announced until September, but we already have a winner for this year’s most random…
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Gwenno: ‘I was scared of using Cornish in the past. You feel like that with languages that are more fragile’
When the Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno tours England, no one understands a word of her lyrics. “But they’re so open to…
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