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Hot Chip are ever-ready for the floor while willing to dip into darker emotions
His Tony-winning ‘The Band’s Visit’, about an Egyptian orchestra’s accidental, eventful stay in Israel, is coming to London
The programmes also featured a Mark-Anthony Turnage premiere, ‘Time Flies’
A cavernous hall hosts music by Gérard Grisey and Iannis Xenakis given lavish theatrical treatment
The singer performed with undimmed spirit and mystic grandeur at the O2 Academy, Brixton
Her trio’s gig at London’s Ronnie Scott’s featured glistening runs and chattering rhythms
Highlights included artists from beyond rock and pop, such as Sons of Kemet, Nubya Garcia and Little Simz
The 1960 song was picked up and adapted for a new audience in the following decade
The award-winning Finnish conductor on being a natural explorer and why enthusiasm is contagious
The producer and rapper team up in a collaborative album that feels intently crafted
The Californian band pay homage to their rock influences with rabble-rousing riffs and spiky tracks
The London eight-piece weave together highlife, Afrobeat and funk in an uplifting debut record
These live recordings capture the pianist’s bright performances of Berg, Khrennikov and Gershwin
The French trio deliver minimalist versions of hits by Rihanna, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande
Fans are rushing to lucrative ‘big hit’ events at giant venues as smaller theatres are squeezed out
His journey through disenchantment and depression has led to fierce lines and unquenchable self-confidence
Of the 22 bands featured on the 1986 tape, some hit big and some disappeared — but its influence was far-reaching
La Voix humaine and Les Mamelles de Tirésias are sung with vibrant clarity
He has made a career out of exploring the people and places where global musical traditions intersect
There is fine singing and the picture of a dysfunctional modern family in Valentin Schwarz’s production of Wagner’s epic operas
Accompanied by a keyboard player, the singer performs songs by Jacques Brel, Nick Cave and Coldplay
The singer’s London show fizzed with energy and connected with her Ecuadorian heritage
The Australian-born singer’s record company was initially unimpressed by her paean to empowerment
The superstar treads a tightrope between standing up for the disadvantaged and flaunting her own hard-won privilege
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