Music
Analogue Appreciation: Yazmin Lacey
Teal Dreams — In an ever more digital, online world, we ask our favourite artists about their most cherished pieces of physical culture. Today, singer-songwriter, horticulturalist, youth worker and wearer of many hats Yazmin Lacey.
Written by: Yazmin Lacey
How teaching in prisons and a new mixtape is inspiring UK rap innovator Jords
Inside tracks — Two years since releasing his sophomore album Dirt In the Diamond on the legendary Motown Records, the South London MC returns with Mixtape J – a bold, independent, 10-track statement. We caught up with him to talk about the new project, his creative process and running writing workshops in UK prisons.
Written by: Niall Smith
Manami: “Stereotypes were so strong growing up in the UK”
East and Most — Ahead of her headline slot at Huck’s Issue 82 launch party, we checked in with the bass music shapeshifter to hear about her confident style and the rising ESEA creative movement in the UK.
Written by: Isaac Muk
An inside look at New York City’s best independent record stores
Vinyl NYC — A new book from James T. & Karla L. Murray and Hattie Lindert explores the frontages, interiors and people of shops located across the five boroughs, while archiving their existences.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Capturing the vibrant energy of passinho dancers in Rio’s favelas
Funk is life — The fast-paced dance first emerged in the early 2000s at illegal baile funk parties, but has grown into an international phenomenon in recent years with the help of social media. Photographer Jonangelo Molinari has spent years documenting its moves, characters and culture.
Written by: Josh Jones
Irish artists to receive €325 a week basic income from the government
Basic Income for the Arts — The scheme will begin next year, with 2,000 spaces initially allocated in the budget.
Written by: Isaac Muk
In turbulent Tbilisi, a radio station broadcasts through the storm
Mutant Radio — As Georgia’s political situation has fissured, its capital’s nightlife and music scenes have fostered crucial spaces for community and solidarity. Hester Underhill visits a radio station on the banks of the Kura river, spreading alternative music and culture through the city’s airwaves in the face of protests and government crackdowns.
Written by: Hester Underhill
We’re hosting a party in Shoreditch, and you’re invited
The Music Issue Celebration — Taking place at the Photobook Café on October 22, there will be DJs, drinks and a special Q&A with cover star Kojey Radical and High Vis frontman Graham Sayle.
Written by: Ella Glossop
“An Asian rapper? It feels like an impossible reality”: Jianbo on doing it for the family
East x South East — As the pandemic drove a wave of ESEA xenophobia, Jianbo realised that he couldn’t pretend to be anything other than himself. Zing Tsjeng sits down with the South London MC – vanguard of a burgeoning creative movement.
Written by: Zing Tsjeng
Tension and togetherness at a rare Syrian hip-hop open mic night
Latakia levels — After half a century under a bloody dictatorship, Syria has endured massacres on an unprecedented scale in recent times, fuelled by sectarian conflict. In the port city of Latakia, Haydar Daoud and his friends spend their days making rap music, an art form mostly misunderstood by Syrians, yet an essential therapy for disenchanted youth.
Written by: Aubin Eymard
