• A Love Letter to Kate Bush’s ‘The Sensual World’ on its 46th birthday

    Ted McIntyre I’ll never forget the first time I heard the eponymous opening track to Kate Bush’s 1989 album ‘The Sensual World’. It opens the record like a coastal window on a wedding day, all blustery and flustery and sailing on romance, before berthing into the windward side of...
  • Musical Guilty Pleasures! Why do we feel guilty for loving certain songs? 

    Melissa Mousley Imagine: you just got home after a long, stressful day. Maybe the heating wasn’t working in that one lecture theatre. Or you started making your morning coffee, only to realise that you ran out of milk the day before. Dragging your feet, you make it to the...
  • TicketMaster Troubles

    The experience of concert-going has faced a major shift in recent years. Platforms like TicketMaster and their dynamic pricing system, whereby the price of tickets increase depending on the demand, have negatively impacted fan culture. Many fans who have followed, supported and enjoyed their musical idols for years may...
  • WICKED on Screen : can the magic continue?

    Making its Broadway debut in NYC in 2003, Wicked became a smash hit and is now the tenth longest running production in Broadway history, soaring past $1 billion in earnings in 2016. Now, more than 2 decades later, Director Jon M. Chu has released the musical that has made...
  • Most Beautiful Soundtracks

    A month of hope, motivation, and excitement. Also at times – a month of anxiety, organisation, and tiredness. Whichever emotion matches how you might be feeling in this new year, music can often be the perfect accompaniment. This especially applies when it comes with an excellent story too, providing...
  • BRIT AWARDS: ROUND-UP

    The Brit Awards mark the biggest night in British music every year; celebrating the talent witnessed over the past year, and the artists, songs, and albums that have been defining the music industry. It’s difficult to disagree with the fact that 2024 was truly the year of music, with...
  • Third Time’s The Charm: Inhaler’s Electric Return to Rock City

    Leah Khor Impact reviewer Leah Khor, very excitedly attended her favourite indie band Inhaler’s concert last month at Nottingham’s favourite venue, Rock City. However, this was not the band’s first performance here, but instead their third, on the stage they quickly made their own. Today, Leah Khor reviews the...