The Royal Swedish Opera’s La Passion de Simone: a philosopher’s life
Kaija Saariaho’s opera, which premiered in 2006 in a staging by Peter Sellars, is now available to stream in a…
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Arlo Parks’s Collapsed in Sunbeams: compassionate, clear-sighted bedroom pop
On her debut album, the 20-year-old writes about identity and mental health crises with a refreshing straightforwardness.
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Why Carole King’s Tapestry still speaks to us
In 2021, this extraordinary album still warms a room much the same way it did 50 years earlier.
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Rhye’s “Home“ is a cosy album of strings, falsetto and Californian rain
In his new release the Canadian musician Michael Milosh explores soft percussion and jazzy harmonies.
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How the Hallé orchestra is bringing back live music online
The Hallé is gamely testing a behind-the-scenes docu-concert hybrid, available to stream on its website.
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How Boris Johnson’s government “took a wrecking ball” to the music industry
Without an agreement to allow artists to tour visa-free after Brexit, experts say the UK’s cultural life will be decimated.
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On Drunk Tank Pink, south London post-punk group Shame come back down to earth
Drunk Tank Pink is, in many ways, a typical second rock album in that it reflects on the madness caused by the…
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Bowie the bellwether
Five years after his death, friends and admirers remember David Bowie not as an otherworldly genius but a magpie who…
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