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Kanye West has always been about pushing boundaries. For several LPs it was about stretching the outer-limits of what a hip-hop record could be: recording with live instrumentation at Abbey Road, sampling King Crimson and making soulful R&B records in spite of the fact he can’t sing a note....

On 15th February, the Staples Centre in Los Angeles hosted the world’s most talented artists in the music industry. I am talking, of course, about the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. It was a night full of stunning collaborations and emotional acceptance speeches; the annual ceremony just gets better with...

Israel is a hot bed for controversy. We are told what happens between it and Palestine is so deeply cultural that the west could never understand it, let alone help to rectify it. It’s becoming clearer though, thanks in part to a sharper historical perspective and in part to...

It’s unlikely that the subject of this article needs an introduction, after the year Taylor Swift has had. Not only did her first official pop album become the biggest selling album of 2014, despite only being released in October, but for Taylor Swift, it has also been a year...

I think we can all agree that 2014 was a pretty incredible year for celebrity fashion. Whilst we’ve witnessed the rise of some seriously savvy new stars, we’ve also seen others successfully maintain their style status. Impact looks back at some of our favourite fashionistas.  Blake Lively I can’t tell...

Following worldwide hits such as ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ and ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’, Taylor Swift has slowly been moving in a more pop-oriented direction, headed mainly by Swedish producer Max Martin. 1989, however, is the first time Taylor has placed the whole genre under...