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What is it? A sampler, in ultra-simplistic terms, is basically a glorified tape recorder. Used primarily in electronic music, the sampler allows music to be made out of any sound recorded by the user, rather than relying on tones generated by oscillators, computer chips, white noise or other synthesiser technology.

Church Hill theatre, EdinburghUsing letters written by survivors of the 1994 genocide to lost family members, Odile Gakire Kateses show is a tribute to the power of story Odile Gakire Kateses grandmother was killed with a machete and thrown into a latrine. The writer and activist shares this information so matter-of-factly it takes a moment

The Bel-Air star spent 14 years with foster parents after his mother and father divorced. As he revisits his childhood for a documentary, he talks about the family he lost and regained and the loving home he found along the way

Did you know youll soon be able to take a course in Taylor Swift at Queen Mary University of London? Theres already one of these at a university in Belgium: its called Literature: (Taylors Version), and starts this autumn. In February, academics will gather in Australia for a high-level Swiftposium.

Storms down power lines and rip off roofs. Elsewhere, windy conditions forecast for UK this week Two tornadoes swept across parts of Florida last Thursday, causing extensive damage to many homes and businesses in Crystal River and Clearwater. Trees and power lines were downed, with walls and roofs ripped from buildings. The tornadoes produced wind