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“Mrs Bluebird” is one of the great singles. Released in May 1968, it is airy yet lush. The filigreed harmony vocals are like velvet, the…

Rufus Wainwright has long expressed his admiration for “pop music with an operatic sensibility, the profane with the divine”, inspired by…

A lone slice of cherry pie sits on a plate inside a glass case (pictured below), waiting to be released from its solitary confinement and…

Out of the hundreds of gigs, surprises and collaborations that make up the London Jazz Festival (LJF), this review focuses on four concerts…

Over the past few years, the National Theatre has specialised in trilogies. End is the final play in both playwright David Eldridge’s…

Image  American Dream: music by Amy Beach, Dana Suesse and Victor Babin Ludmila…

Noura Mint Seymali is possessed of the most extraordinary voice; its very fabric is electrifying, its reach, power and depth cut from an…

That spirit of delight which hovered over Christopher Alden’s stylish/surreal Handel bagatelle when I first saw it in the 2017 revival…

Bliss it was to be a fan of Thin Lizzy 50 years ago, in November 1975. Phil Lynott referred to fans as “supporters”, an apt term given…