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What must surely be the coolest gig in this summer’s Live Earth concerts takes place at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. On 7 July the science team’s indie-rock house band, Nunatak will debut in the global event that features over 100 of the world’s top musical acts. Concerts from all 7 continents will raise awareness of climate change world-wide.

I enjoy great music, but I don't enjoy being made to feel as though I'm inside a 19th-century ballroom. Jeremy Soule is a prime example of a contemporary composer who uses the instruments of an orchestra to great effect, while neither remaining tied to premodern forms, nor engaging in modern ism . He has provided the soundtracks for Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and from the look of his current projects, it appears his career has only grown since then.