Tracy Chapman: ‘I have been labelled as a protest singer, and it’s not a label that I accept’
Chapman looks back on her self-titled debut and its powerful hit Fast Car, which has gained a second life as a country song
Tracy Chapman
The frenzy around Tracy Chapman’s song Fast Car tells us much about the state of modern discourse
Donald Clarke: She could have been someone before Luke Combs took all the plaudits, according to some people on the internet
Boy (3) rescued after four days lost in Australian bush
Anthony Elfalak went missing from his family’s property north of Sydney on Friday
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Teen prodigy Jasmine van den Boegaerde – that’s Birdy to you and I – made her name with a cover of Bon Iver’s Skinny Love, then sealed her reputation with a fine album of original material. We catch up with her before her gig at Vicar St in Dublin
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