New musical Islander is an enchanting tale of friendship and migration
Fresh from the Fringe, Islander at the Southwark Playhouse teeters on the line between reality and myth.
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“I don’t always feel in control”: Angel Olsen explains how she let go on her expansive new album, All Mirrors
All Mirrors is the Missouri-born musician’s grandest album yet. But for Olsen, letting multiple musicians into her private sonic world wasn’t…
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Mahalia’s Love and Compromise: a bold, catchy, ambitious debut
Mahalia’s silken voice – with a dash of grit – sounds both distinctive and classic at once.
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Reappraising Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann is still best known as the wife of fellow composer Robert, but on the 200th anniversary of her…
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Patti Smith: “I’m an American artist and I feel guilty about everything”
The godmother of punk on talking to Dylan, Trump and a snapping turtle.
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Sheeranville: how Ed Sheeran took over a town
This summer, Sheeran ended the biggest tour in history in the town of Ipswich, complete with pop-up merch shops and…
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Sorry Mark Ronson, putting “sexual” on the end of something doesn’t make it a sexuality
Turning your “coming out” into an implied brag about your IQ without a doubt qualifies as “being a dick”.
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Keep your phones on: how a new app will make classical music more accessible
The BBC Philharmonic orchestra will roll out their new web app Notes on Saturday, hoping to attract a new crowd to their…
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