Cornershop on their new album, six years in the making

Cornershop never knowing make the same record twice. Sure enough, their latest mixes Punjabi folk with lo-fi hip-hop. John Lewis hears how it happened'For me, Punjabi folk music is a lot like hip-hop," says Cornershop's frontman Tjinder Singh. "It's simple, it's parochial, it sends out a message. It's sometimes a bit rude and earthy, it's often done in duets, it's got a very big beat behind it, and it represents what's going on, in a neighbourhood or a village. And it can be taught from village...

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