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  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    The Life of a Song
    Leaving Here — 1963 track that journeyed from Motown to Motörhead

    Holland-Dozier-Holland song followed a fascinating trajectory

    A stylishly dressed man with a goatee beard sits in a room reading a magazine
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    Jan Dalley
    Could music win it for Kamala Harris?

    The would-be president’s musical passions seem to have struck a chord with voters

    A woman in a navy trouser suit standing on a city pavement holding up a vinyl record album with the title ‘Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong’ in a polythene cover
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Review
    Le prophète, New York — rare revival for Meyerbeer’s grand opera of politics and fanaticism

    The evening is a long four hours, but the singing is rewarding

    Three men looking stern in leather uniforms stand behind a large white cross tilted on the stage
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Pixey: Million Dollar Baby album review — self-taught singer-songwriter finds her own voice

    In her first full studio album, the proudly DIY multi-instrumentalist mixes Nineties influences with snappy hooks

    Pixey, with bleach-blond hair and wearing a brown shirt with a buckle attached to sleeves, stands against a black background holding a lighter with a flame
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    No More Water by Meshell Ndegeocello — a powerful hymn of praise to James Baldwin

    To mark Baldwin’s centenary, the singer-songwriter and bassist offers a musical tribute that blends fury and fervour

    A black and white photo of Meshell Ndegeocello staring unsmiling directly at the camera, wearing a pin-striped blazer
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Iladi by Linda Sikhakhane — Coltrane’s spirit haunts South African jazz ceremony

    Ancestors of all kinds are honoured in this warm, inventive release by the South African saxophonist

    Linda Sikhanene sits with a saxophone on his lap wearing a mauve jumpsuit against a grey and lilac background
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Review
    Tristan und Isolde, Glyndebourne — intoxicating vortex of passion

    Robin Ticciati’s conducting is electric and Stuart Skelton’s voice has both stamina and sympathy

    A man and a woman huddled in a black cloak stand against a blue oval of light in a black set
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    New Dances of the League of David review — Schumann gets a contemporary twist

    Pianist David Kaplan performs 16 new commissions responding to Schumann’s dreamlike piano miniatures

    David Kaplan, wearing a dark suit and blue shirt, sits and leans an elbow over a a grand piano with one hand resting on the keys
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Review
    Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra delivers a glorious Beethoven Nine

    The concert at St Paul’s Cathedral with the Royal Opera House’s Songs for Ukraine Chorus revised the symphony’s message of joy

    A woman in a black suit holds a baton as she conducts an orchestra and large chorus, but all are dwarfed by the massive stone pillars of the cathedral
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Review
    Ilê Aiyê and Margareth Menezes, Barbican — joyful Afro-Brazilian beats heat up London summer

    Ilê Aiyê brought samba rhythms and carnival fervour, while Menezes had a powerful, majestic presence

    A woman in a black and white geometrically patterned robe and red trousers sings
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Review
    Womad 2024: Baaba Maal brings festival to moving climax

    Bixiga 70, Gong and Sampa the Great were also final-day highlights

    A man in orange robes with blue and orange pattern raises his right hand
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Review
    Bayreuth festival sticks to strengths as pressure to change mounts

    Outstanding singing in ‘Tristan und Isolde’ made up for a ropey production, while ‘Parsifal’ featured AR glasses

    A blond woman wears a massive white dress with large writing on whose train stretches across the stage to a man kneeling down
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    Star violinist and festival director Nicola Benedetti’s guide to Edinburgh

    The musician at the helm of the Edinburgh International Festival on her favourite sights and bites in the city

    Nicola Benedetti seen in profile holding a violin at the Edinburgh International Festival offices
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    HTSI
    Five great headphones for audio obsessives

    Guaranteed top sounds, from the sea to the studio 

  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Review
    Womad 2024: Tanzanian grooves, Malian funk and Vietnamese ska are highlights

    From The Zawose Queens to Alison Goldfrapp, the world music festival’s first two days were rich and enjoyable

    Two women in white dresses smile as they lean against each other and extend an arm forward
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Is there a way back after hitting a colleague? Conductor John Eliot Gardiner hopes so

    The 81-year-old who slapped a singer insists therapy has changed him. But convincing his peers is hard

    Black and white portrait of John Eliot Gardiner
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    The Life of a Song
    Making Plans for Nigel — XTC’s hit mapped out a young man’s life

    The 1979 track by a band who sang about ‘small things in small towns’ featured a thunderous new drum sound

    Four young men pose in front of a background featuring a large white triangle; one of the men is sitting on a white sphere
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Interview
    Singer Aurora: ‘You need to put enough light in there, so that there’s hope at the end’

    Her songs tackle grief, climate change and activism but with catchy pop melodies

    A woman with blonde hair with her hands in the air
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    HTSI
    Sea shanties and seafood bring new life to Falmouth

    The Cornish town was once a hub of maritime industry. Can a folk festival return it to its roots?

    Seafood at Kelp Canteen in Falmouth, Cornwall
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Ice Spice: Y2K! — debut stakes her claim as the princess of rap

    The Bronx rapper’s tracks have been designed for catchiness and brevity, but some fall prey to monotony

    A woman with short reddish orange hair in tight ringlets, poses against a purple and blue background wearing a sparkly black T-shirt with spiky purple lettering across the front
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    ReviewBiography and memoir
    Travelling — myth and reality in the life of Joni Mitchell

    Ann Powers’ portrait of the singer-songwriter is both personal and poetic, and brings a wealth of fresh insight

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Universal Music Group
    Universal Music shares slump 20% after streaming revenue growth slows

    Rival Warner Music also falls amid fear that years of rapid growth are over

    Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Visual Arts
    In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is a thrilling VR immersion in acid-house culture

    Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery hosts a recreation of 1989 club life which really takes you there

    A man in a virtual reality headset against a psychodelic background
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    MoonDial by Pat Metheny — solo guitar album is out of this world

    The jazz fusion pioneer employs a specially designed baritone guitar to offer psychedelic sounds and eclectic effects

    Pat Metheny, with long grey hair and wearing a blue checked shirt, poses smiling whilst holding a guitar against the background of an urban street
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    As I Roved Out: A Story Of Celtic Rock 1968-78 — Irish tunes get a European twist

    This compilation includes many of the movement’s big hitters and includes artists from as far afield as Switzerland and Brittany

    A black and white photo of men in a garden playing musical instruments in front of a large speaker
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