Charli XCX’s victory lap
A recent London show proved Brat is the album of the year, and she is the artist of the moment.…
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Mendelssohn’s pinnacle of music-making
The beauty of the composer’s piano trios is renewed in the hands of three virtuosos.
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Worried about the world? Time to play the piano
The concentration required for me to fumble through Beethoven leaves no room in my brain for anything else, apart from…
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Forty years ago, Band Aid brought mad excitement to my generation
Watching the BBC’s The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, what was once such a big deal dematerialised in…
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Motherhood is full of agony, but its songs are deemed “nice”
I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.
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Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall: the best he’s been in years
This Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, more theatre piece than rock concert, is marked by a new polish.
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The understated power of Charlotte Day Wilson
Her cool style only makes her music more emotionally powerful, especially live.
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Nick Cave’s Wild God tour: a transcendental experience
After watching this two-and-a-half-hour show, it’s hard not to feel a little closer to God.
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