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Quicksilver Messenger Service were central to what emerged from San Francisco as 1966 unfolded – the psychedelic-dance-ballroom scene. They…

Carla Simón’s latest autofiction disinters the post-Franco plague of heroin and AIDS which killed her parents and that of Marina (Llúcia…

Concertos where the soloist is a member of the orchestra are something of a Scottish Chamber Orchestra speciality. They’re always among…

In the 1920s, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was as famous as it gets really, author of the beloved Sherlock Holmes stories, a polymath and a rare…

Louis Couperin: The Complete Works Jean Rondeau (harpsichord, organ and artistic direction) (Erato) Image…

Anyone doubting Venom’s place on the highest level of the pantheon of Rock Gods might want to check out Sunn O)))’s recent, self-titled…

Contrast and variety are as vital in a three-ballet programme as in a well-built sandwich. Typically that might include textural interest,…

The Hallé Orchestra is still in many ways the well honed, burnished instrument created by Sir Mark Elder over his near quarter-century as…

It’s not uncommon to suggest that we live in a post-genre musical era – but all too rarely does the discussion then move on to how we might…