George Saunders on Fragile by Yes: “A window was thrown open in my mind”
From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.
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Kate Mossman on The Rhythm of the Saints by Paul Simon: “A kind of musical synaesthesia”
From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.
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What are the best Christmas songs if you’re very depressed about the world?
The existential Christmas playlist.
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Musa Okwonga on Aquemini by Outkast: “The kind of thing you could play to aliens”
From the Long Players series: writers on their most cherished albums.
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Taylor Swift’s poem for Vogue: a close-reading
This poem feels like it was written specifically to be quoted by the blonde lead in a Nicholas Sparks movie,…
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Falstaff shows Verdi can be funny – Bryn Terfel has the audience in stitches
This production at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall became more of a one-man show than its composer perhaps intended.
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Chance encounters of the classical kind
Strauss from a student’s window; Bach behind an unattended door – my most memorable experiences of music have often been…
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Taylor Swift leans in to her villainous persona on Reputation
In Swift’s storytelling, “bad things” used to just happen to her. Now, she’s the one doing them.
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