David Kettle
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Mariah Carey, Royal Albert Hall review – fervent worshippers...
The sheer scale of the Mariah Carey phenomenon is truly astounding. Since the release of her first album in 1990, she has now clocked up worldwide...
Manic Street Preachers, Usher Hall, Edinburgh review - 20th...
Nothing brings home the difference between sequencing an album and sequencing a live show like going to see a classic...
Our Town, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review – small...
Our Town was written shortly before World War Two about a small town in America in...
The Strokes, All Points East Festival review - let them ente...
Back in 2001, after the release of their debut album This Is It, The Strokes weren’t just the most fashionable band in the world, they...
Haley Fohr: Salomé, Brighton Festival 2019 review – potently...
Haley Fohr’s disquiet at the “wildly outmoded” sexual...
CD: Richard Hawley - Further
Richard Hawley’s eighth solo album, Further is, like so many of his previous discs, a masterclass in good taste and relaxed easy...
Hiromi Kawakami: The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino review - Don Ju...
My first, beguiling taste of Hiromi Kawakami’s fiction came when, in 2014, I and my fellow-judges shortlisted Strange Weather in Tokyo...
CD: Youssou N'Dour - History
Yousou N’Dour has come a long way from his cassettes with Super Etoile de Dakar, that wild mbalax energy, fed by the clatter of the high-...
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Cardiff Castle revi...
Blessed with a red sunset and an adoring crowd, Noel Gallagher brought life to the ruins of...