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Midge Ure's Voice and Visions tour revisits two of Ultravox's albums from the 1980s and finds some gems!

Upstairs at Eric's by Yazoo is 40 years old today. The Recs pays tribute to Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke's influential 1982 album and looks at what made it such ...

Today marks the 80th birthday of global superstar Barbra Streisand. The Recs decided to pay tribute to this enduring and formidable singer-actress-activist.

The Manchester-based singer-songwriter releases brand new single, I Don't Understand, to raise funds for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Every Valentine's Day dinner needs a perfect song. The Recs' suggests some tunes to fit any amour!

The 90s electropop doyens of bittersweet dance music return with Token, a tempting taster of their forthcoming album, Two.

The Recs hails twenty-two year old singer Laurence O’Brien as a rising star vocalist you should seek out.

Spotify and other streaming services are under pressure to pay musicians and songwriters fairly following a new report by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Parliamentary Committee. The Recs looks ...

While we are marking 40 years today since Making Your Mind Up won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK, our guest writer Tony Kavanagh has chosen ten terrific tracks ...

Forty years since Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK in Dublin, our guest writer musician Tony Kavanagh looks back at four decades of Fizz!

Fiona Bevan's intriguing take on the Cyndi Lauper classic, Time After Time, is The Recs' Music on Monday choice for this week.

A smash hit in 1979, Gary Numan's first hit single took everyone by surprise - not least its singer! The Recs investigates the story of Are 'Friends' Electric?

Our monthly round up of the essential music, film and TV releases that we didn't want you to miss.

We pick our favourite Robbie track and discover that it borrows more than I Will Survive!

It may have not have gained the chart success Adam Ant was used to but Desperate But Not Serious should not be neglected.

Launching our Music on Monday regular feature where The Recs chooses a musical blast from the past that needs some love, we listen to an unlikely combo of a country ...

The first of our monthly roundups looking at the best of the rest. Music, film and TV releases that we didn't want you to miss.

The eagerly-anticipated debut album by Celeste has arrived. The Recs gives Not Your Muse a spin.

The Recs listens to the former Spice Girl's latest solo single - glow sticks at the ready!