Inside Blur’s reunion psychodrama
A new film documents the band’s cautious reconciliation at Damon Albarn’s very big house in the country.
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Franz Schubert’s songs of grief
The composer, who died at 31 in 1828, left behind six great works imbued with the spirit of departure.
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How the smartphone ruined live music
Nothing can trump the magic of a concert. Why do I insist on inhaling the Eras tour over social media?
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Rediscovering the bright lights
An old album and a Pet Shop Boys gig remind me of music’s power to refresh memories and forge new…
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There is no cultural armada behind today’s left
Our artistic consumption has become divorced from our political imagination.
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The Born in the USA fallacy
Forty years ago Bruce Springsteen’s bleak portrait of America’s discarded working class was miscast as a patriotic anthem.
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The drama of Carlo Gesualdo
The vocal ensemble the Gesualdo Six on the Renaissance composer’s arresting and daring works.
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Eric Clapton’s late years
Who knows what’s going on in that head, but his connection to his instrument has never lost its power.
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