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Taylor Swift’s Father Figure isn’t a cover, but an ‘interpolation’. What that means – and why it matters

The new song on The Life of a Showgirl credits the late George Michael as a songwriter – and borrows some lyrics. But it still hold its own as an...

Timothy Mckenry

Beyoncé winning the best country album Grammy with Cowboy Carter forces us to face our fixation with ‘genre’ – and rightly so.

There are many reasons a child should learn a musical instrument. Not only does it give them the opportunity to make music, a significant body of...