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Radio Free Alice aren’t short of ambition, and they’re not afraid to express it either: “There’s a lot of people who don’t want to say they wanna be a really big band and then not be a big band and feel awkward about it. We never felt that we had to pretend not to be ambitious
Raye on the “best birthday present” of her Mercury Prize win: “I just feel seriously seen”
Check out what Raye had to say in the winners room about perseverance, mental health and staying independent after she scored Mercury Prize gold for 'This Music May Contain Hope'
"Hope' is a very cheesy word, especially for us British. We don't do that kind of deep stuff like that, but hope is just something that we all need. Music is that, music is medicine"
@raye's 'This Music May Contain Hope' beat albums by the likes of Olivia Dean, Jade, Suede and
Cliff Richard says he’s “learning reggae” for new version of ‘The Lord Is My Shepherd’ for Christmas single
One music fan said the idea "sounds so wrong", while another dubbed the singer "Spliff Richard"
