Jude Rogers

The American blues poet's new album moves from neo-soul to spiky social commentary in a thrilling, sonically inventive mix, writes Jude Rogers

In 1984, an unlikely coalition was formed between London LGBTQ+ campaigners and Welsh miners. Now their story, as told in the 2014 film Pride, is coming to the stage. The original demonstrators share what the new production means to them

The National Theatre's new summer musical is all about real people, but here's a strange feeling – many of them are literally sitting around me tonight.

Named after a 19th-century relative, this sprawling group foreground folk’s rough edges, but are best in the emotional, less showy moments

The Smiths’ connection to Salford Lads Club continues to be a financial lifeline as other landmarks of working-class life have disappeared across Britain

Singer who topped the charts around the world in 1983 with the power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart

Inspired by communal Hebridean Gaelic song and ceremonial music, these reels and ballads reveal the fascinating proximity of post-rock and folk rock

The band inspired the PM-in-waiting as a teenager. Now his generation has reached middle age, he is using their lyrics to explain policy – and perhaps even speak to a new electoral coalition with adherents from left and right, writes Jude Rogers

The bestselling writer fears for growing crises in both politics and literacy, he tells Jude Rogers – so he's written a children's book to get back to a ‘joyful place'

Jude Rogers Two of Britain's most exciting folk musicians, both of Hebridean heritage, are behind Donn/Dubh (Black/Brown), an album inspired