Back in January, when AG FEST was beginning to take shape, I remember telling my manager that I wanted to shoot it. Not simply attend it. Not simply take a few photographs and enjoy the performances. I wanted to document it.

Five Decades, Two Stages, One DJ AG: Welcome to AG FEST 2026

London Reggae & Food Festival Marks 64 Years of Jamaican Independence

Celebrating 70 years of London’s Routemaster bus: Aunty Bemi and Deliveroo launch ‘Route R00’ map of the city's best Afro-Caribbean diaspora eateries.

If you know UK club music, you know the name Randall. Drum and bass, jungle, the kind of music that built the foundations of what a British dancefloor could be. Rio Tashan grew up inside that world. He is Randall's son, and before you assume that comes with pressure, listen to "Expressions" and you will hear someone who has turned that inheritance into something entirely his own.

Sian Anderson joins BBC Radio 1Xtra’s weekday daytime schedule.

Some of the highlights are worth paying attention to beyond the headline. Radio 6 Music's Rave Forever series runs every Friday throughout August, dedicating each week to a different decade of Black British dancefloor culture, from lovers rock and dub through to grime, UK funky, and dubstep. Jamz Supernova and SHERELLE are among the presenters holding it down.

To understand Hoodballinn, you have to understand what “ends” carries. Ends can mean pride and identity, but it can also mean tension, separation, and invisible borders that shape how young people move through their own cities. In many communities, those borders feel real. They dictate who you can stand next to, where you can walk freely, and how you view people from another area before you’ve even spoken to them.

Inside the Worlds We Were Never Meant to Enter with Danielle Udogaranya

For years I’ve wondered why such an integral part of the music making process somehow slips under the radar. Every song any of us have ever enjoyed is because of a team of people much larger than the faces of those performing and it doesn’t sit right with me that we don’t always get to hear from or even see these talented individuals.

A groundbreaking YouTube series that brings together two public figures from different worlds for an unscripted conversation about travel, food, music and the things that connect us.