Joanna MacGregor: “Virtuosity is something you are born with”
The pianist on the serenity of Beethoven.
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Written and released in just five weeks under lockdown, the record manages to be genuinely inventive.
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Haim’s online dance classes are the perfect lockdown exercise
Right now I am more still than ever, but a dance class led by the pop-rock band Haim offered me a reassuring…
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“I want to be in the world and in my body”: Perfume Genius on illness, desire and his new album
On his fifth album, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately, the American art-pop musician feels more at home in his…
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Larry doesn’t want to practise the violin. I know I should back off, but today, I can’t
He slumps and glares. “I’m not doing it.”
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Spotify’s new “tip jar” won’t save the industry – but it asks us to consider music’s value
For the first time, the streaming platform has given listeners the opportunity to pay artists directly for their music.
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“To be creative, you need naivety”: Laura Marling on lockdown, trauma and re-learning how to write
The acclaimed songwriter explains how she lost and found her creative freedom on her seventh album, Song For Our Daughter.
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Can live streaming save the music industry in lockdown?
During the coronavirus crisis, musicians are taking to social media to broadcast gigs from home. But is anyone earning any…
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