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How the Musicians’ Union wants to make streaming fair for artists – interview with Naomi Pohl
Naomi Pohl spoke to Left Foot Forward at this year's TUC Congress
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Our clubs and venues are shutting at an alarming rate — they need protection from developers
In the last ten years, the UK has lost half of its clubs and 10,000 of its pubs.
What to Listen to: Will Straw picks the best songs of 2014
Left Foot Forward founder Will Straw picks out the best tracks of 2014.
The Half Decents: Rock and roll across the political divide for Syria relief
Some causes transcend political barriers. The plight of those trapped between the murderers of the Islamic State and the slaughter at the hands of Assad’s forces is one of those issues.
The musical backdrop to the backlash against Thatcherism
From the late 1970s Thatcherism ushered in an unexpectedly rich dimension of music-based protest and activism that pulled together youth movements from the very communities she sought to destroy.
Top videos of 2011: #1: Grey-haired manky codger
Left Foot Forward’s number one video of 2011 is... The Andrew Lansley Rap by MC Nxtgen and Rob Gee.