Music

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Features

‘Find your people, find your space’: Lawi Anywar on Bristol’s arts scene

The Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist discusses mental health, masculinity and the challenges of thriving in a precarious creative sector

Fran Pope

Hope Is Around The Corner

Skateboarding and finding Bristol’s best biryani — Resolutions for 2026

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Music

Sisterhood of sound: 10 years of Saffron

Telojo Emina
Telojo Emina

Edition 41

Moyah: Sound of survival

MoYah — rapper, Afrofusion artist, activist — sits down with The Cable to trace his journey from Mozambique to Portugal to the UK, and how that path shaped his sound and sense of self

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked – from Wigan to LA, via Eastville, with Bristol Northern Soul Club

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Alex Turner, George Colwey and Neil Maggs / Maggs Smart Media

Music

Blazing the fire: Sound system culture through the generations

Adam Quarshie
Adam Quarshie

Features

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Joy as resistance: Inside the club night changing Bristol’s queer scene

With violence and political hostility towards trans and queer people on the rise, club night Soft Butch has become a vital space for community, connection, and liberation

Roshan De Stone
Roshan De Stone

People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something – Sound against the system – punk, rave and Dave from Faithless

The guitarist from Faithless joins Priyanka and Isaac to reflect on the political power of music from back in the 80s to today.

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George Colwey, Priyanka Raval and Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Features

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After the crowdfunder: how can cultural spaces not just survive, but thrive?

In Bristol and elsewhere, campaigns to safeguard arts venues’ future are commonplace – and regularly smash fundraising targets. But the hard work doesn’t stop there.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Features

Olga and Maria at a recent Altered States event

Vladimir, vapes and defending democracy: when the Cable met Pussy Riot in BS3

Celebrating the subversive, we spent an evening with the legendary Russian dissidents to get behind the balaclavas to discuss all things protest.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Features

‘He was our godfather’: Bristol musicians remember Mark Stewart

It’s a year since the Pop Group singer, a revered figure of the post-punk era, died aged 62. Beyond the uncompromising legacy of his own releases, his influence remains etched into his home city’s musical DNA.

Michal Grant
Michal Grant

Features

Image of Danny Lydon, who says music gave him an outlet that helped him work through losing his dad

When words fail: Meet the Bristol group nurturing male musicians’ mental health

The Seed Sessions project combines counselling and music mentoring to help young men express themselves. We heard from its founder, one of the participants and a counsellor working with the group about the power of music as a therapeutic tool.

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison
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