Music
Stories from a world in flux: our best deep-dives of 2020
Always moving — From in-depth essays to on-the-ground reporting in communities stretched across the globe, here are the pieces we’re most proud of this year.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Deyah is the rising Welsh rapper forging her own path
Welcome to Care City — The winner of this year’s Welsh Music Prize speaks to Huck about overcoming hardship and finding her own sound within Wales' overlooked hip-hop scene.
Written by: Rhys Thomas
Róisín Murphy fixes your life
Dear Miami — Do you have a problem that needs solving? Fear not: our Agony Aunt for Issue 74 is here to help.
Written by: Huck
The DIY music festival proofing for a different kind of future
In partnership with Squarespace — It takes energy to run a festival – and the founders of Strawberries & Creem have it in abundance. In the second instalment of Future Proof, produced in partnership with Squarespace, they explain why pairing this approach with a powerful digital presence is key.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The Cameroonian inmates who made an album behind bars
Meet Jail Time Records — As inmates inside Douala Central Prison gear up for the release of their first album, writer Thomas Hobbs speaks to the people behind the project about their hopes of inspiring empathy towards prisoners.
Written by: Thomas Hobbs
How dub became a defining sound of '70s Britain
Bass odyssey — An exhibition at the Museum of London seeks to unearth the cultural and social impact dub music has had on the identity of the capital and to celebrate its pioneers.
Written by: Daisy Schofield
‘I almost got vocal lessons, Björk said “Don’t do it!”’
Tricky in conversation — Ahead of the release of his new EP, Fall to Pieces, trip-hop pioneer Tricky chats to Huck about living in Berlin and why his sound has always defied expectation.
Written by: Paul Hanford
Inside a vibrant '90s Kingston dancehall community
No Gyal Can Test — Photographer Akeem Smith, who grew up between Brooklyn and Jamaica, has spent much of his life chronicling the creative spirit of dancehall and his archive forms a love letter to the culture that raised him.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Huck 74: The Action Issue
Out now! — In times like these, the act of making something happen for yourself has never felt more urgent. Our latest print instalment celebrates doing just that – spotlighting the people moving to transform their worlds for the better.
Written by: Huck
Can being a musician make you sick?
Facing the music — We speak to the authors of a new book which interrogates why musicians are three times more likely to have anxiety or depression.
Written by: Jeremy Allen
