- 14 May 2025
No fuss, just a ripple of applause, a moment of calm, then fortissimo G octaves....
- 13 May 2025
It’s so lovely when talented youth teaches old ears wonderful new tunes. That’s exactly what...
- 10 May 2025
What nerve! For a happy troupe of mainly middle-aged men to adopt the label of...
- 10 May 2025
Anoushka Shanka’s curating of the Brighton Festival 2025 has divided opinion, whilst many of us...
- 8 May 2025
Five excellent musicians – that is three singers, one also playing a Vielle (an early...
Reviews
Lobi Traore – Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995 (Glitterbeat)
- 15 December 2013
With Mali very much in the spotlight, musically and politically speaking, it makes sense to...
Ásgeir
- 13 December 2013
Currently the hottest property in Iceland, the chart-topping folkie’s audience were already well warmed up...
The Nutcracker
- 12 December 2013
Tchaikovsky’s enchanting seasonal ballet, the third and last of his great ballets, appropriately concluded the...