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<p>Clockwise from back left: Mick Avory, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife, Dave Davies</p>

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The Kinks’ Ray Davies: ‘I’d done all my drugs when I was a student’

While the frontman was always the more subdued of his bandmates, especially compared to his riotous younger brother, he has his share of Swinging Sixties stories to tell. As The Kinks celebrate their 60th anniversary, Chris Harvey finds the musician, now 79, on reflective form post-tooth extraction

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Cliff Richard seems to have overlooked one crucial thing about Elvis

<p>Emeli Sandé releases her fifth album ‘How Were We to Know’ in November </p>

Emili Sandé: ‘Being a woman in the industry made me feel insecure’

<p>The Cult appearing on music show ‘The Tube’ in January 1984</p>

The Cult: ‘We’re fighting skinheads then suddenly we’re in Smash Hits’

Interviews

<p>With tracks like ‘My Girl’ and ‘Our House’, Suggs and Madness made music that became a cultural shorthand for Britain</p>

Suggs: ‘The Rolling Stones? They’re ruining retirement for everyone!’

<p>September 1977: American rock queen Suzi Quatro during a performance in Budapest</p>

Suzi Quatro: ‘I’ve always had a nice ass. I’m quite proud of it’

<p>‘We started out like some art project, making crazy, experimental spaghetti western music,’ says Jamie Hince of his early collaboration with Alison Mosshart </p>

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The Kills: ‘I had a manic episode for two years, and I loved it’

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Dolly Parton: ‘I have to be who I am, so I fought for that’

Music Box

<p>Olivia Dean performs ‘Dive’ at Montreux Jazz Festival for Music Box</p>

Olivia Dean performs ‘Dive’ in session at Montreux Jazz Festival

Lily Moore performs Music Box session at Montreux Jazz Festival

<p>Legendary jazz artist Marcus Miller plays an exclusive session for Music Box at Montreux Jazz Festival</p>

Marcus Miller performs ‘Detroit’ at Montreux Jazz Festival

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New Sensations

<p>Skinny Pelembe embarks on his UK tour this month </p>

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Iggy Pop-approved artist Skinny Pelembe on his music that eludes genre

<p>Saint Harison grew up as a musical theatre kid in Southampton, where he attended a local pop academy</p>

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R&B artist Saint Harison on Elton John, going viral, and his debut EP

<p>Lucinda Chua: ‘I like that feeling of transport: how music can take you outside of your existence'</p>

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Lucinda Chua: ‘I am ready to make music without asking for permission’

Reviews

<p>Drake announced his surprise album on 17 November, just hours before releasing it </p>

On a six-track EP, Drake tells us more than he’s managed to in years

<p>Despite Dolly Parton’s wittily self-deprecating ‘I’m just a Backwoods Barbie’ shtick, her attitude has always been rock’n’roll</p>

It’s hard to begrudge Dolly Parton some karaoke fun on Rockstar

Live music

<p>Little Simz is dressed like an undercover agent, wearing an oversized white shirt, a neat black tie, matching leather gloves, and a pair of blacked-out Prada shades</p>

At Alexandra Palace, Little Simz arrives home in style

<p>All the world’s a stage for Cantona </p>

Cantona Sings Eric, Manchester Stoller Hall review: Daft and tuneless

Retrospectives

<p>For older musicians, there’s a sense of pleasure as well as bemusement at seeing young artists replicating the past</p>

Forget Led Zeppelin and the Eagles – the new sound of classic rock is ‘shoegaze’ and Nineties indie

<p>24-hour party people: Pacha Ibiza</p>

Can Ibiza keep its cool club kids as the super-rich move in?

<p>Stevie Wonder photographed in the UK on 25 January 1974, a year after his near-fatal crash</p>

The car crash that almost killed Stevie Wonder, 50 years on

<p>The Thrills in London, 2004 </p>

‘It was bewildering’: The Thrills on their flash-in-a-pan success

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