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Hayley Williams review – punk and R&B expertly intertwine on first solo tour for Paramore star

silverguide.site – In her first European jaunt outside of her headbanging band, the singer uses humour to turn angsty songs into rowdy collective catharsis…
Hayley Williams review – punk and R&B expertly intertwine on first solo tour for Paramore star
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Johnny Marr to auction off dozens of guitars heard on Smiths classics such as This Charming Man

silverguide.site – Christie’s sale in London in September carries estimates up to £150,000, with some instruments also used by Noel Gallagher and Bernard Sumner…
Johnny Marr to auction off dozens of guitars heard on Smiths classics such as This Charming Man
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland review – Lewis Carroll’s familiar characters move in from the garden

silverguide.site – Alice gets a musical-theatre belter, the ‘Drink Me’ Bottle performs soprano acrobatics and the Caterpillar smokes his hookah like Audrey Hepburn…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland review – Lewis Carroll’s familiar characters move in from the garden
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Signs of the Boss in John Crace’s sketch | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Bruce Springsteen | Lunch on the buses | Tram stops | Growing runner beans | Cryptic clue…
Signs of the Boss in John Crace’s sketch | Brief letters
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Das Rheingold review – a sure-footed feast as Alberich descends into madness

silverguide.site – With its aquatic opening, magic tricks and grand procession across a rainbow bridge, Charlie Edwards’s production manages to remain clear-sighted despite modest budgets…
Das Rheingold review – a sure-footed feast as Alberich descends into madness
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Gorillaz review – a staggering hi-tech mini-festival from the magpie mind of Damon Albarn

silverguide.site – A stream of high-profile guest stars included Johnny Marr, Little Simz, Shaun Ryder, Sparks, Yasiin Bey, Bootie Brown and Fatoumata Diawara…
Gorillaz review – a staggering hi-tech mini-festival from the magpie mind of Damon Albarn
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‘Beyoncé’s Crazy in Love makes you move your body’: Gloria Gaynor’s honest playlist

silverguide.site – The disco-pop great salutes the sexiness of Marvin Gaye and the spirituality of Amazing Grace. But which of her own hits does she sing at karaoke?…
‘Beyoncé’s Crazy in Love makes you move your body’: Gloria Gaynor’s honest playlist
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Il Ritorno d’Ulisse review – a sensuous slice of opulence and luxury

silverguide.site – Director John Caird and conductor Laurence Cummings bring Monteverdi back to the Chiltern Hills with polished, festive inclusivity…
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse review – a sensuous slice of opulence and luxury
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Add to playlist: the wild club-pop of Zara Larsson cowriter Helena Gao and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The Chinese-Danish artist wrote nine 10ths of Larsson’s breakout album then got a Grammy nod. It’s a fine springboard for her own revelatory pop…
Add to playlist: the wild club-pop of Zara Larsson cowriter Helena Gao and the week’s best new tracks
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Ibeyi: Offering review

silverguide.site – Newly independent and proudly self-sufficient, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz mix ancient lore with heavy bass, and harmonies with distortion, to incantatory effect…
Ibeyi: Offering review
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Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

silverguide.site – Lovano and his spirited quartet make his instrument glow in all its pliable eloquence, with rattling originals amid the Charlie Haden and Wayne Shorter covers…
Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
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Elgar and Dvořák: Cello Concertos album review – Gerhardt’s readings are forthright, refreshing and thoughtful

silverguide.site – Alban Gerhardt eschews the romantic, heart-on-sleeve interpretations of these famous concertos, and finds nobility and poetry even in the most turbulent music…
Elgar and Dvořák: Cello Concertos album review – Gerhardt’s readings are forthright, refreshing and thoughtful
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Post your questions for Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas

silverguide.site – The voice behind Dancing in the Street, Heat Wave and many more is releasing her first album in 22 years – and will take on your questions…
Post your questions for Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas
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Brahms: Violin Sonatas album review – Ehnes and Armstrong’s performances exude an effortless rightness

silverguide.site – The Canadian violinist and American pianist – musical partners for over three decades – bring assurance and grace to these three violin sonatas written by Brahms in his creative prime. …
Brahms: Violin Sonatas album review – Ehnes and Armstrong’s performances exude an effortless rightness
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Dazzling, delightful – and unfairly dismissed: Stephen Hough on the art of the transcription

silverguide.site – Bach, Beethoven and Brahms did it. Liszt took it to such virtuosic heights that the entire genre almost collapsed. Ahead of his own album of transcriptions, the pianist and composer looks at the history of reworking existing music…
Dazzling, delightful – and unfairly dismissed: Stephen Hough on the art of the transcription
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Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

silverguide.site – He can write a decent rousing chorus, but the Stargazing hitmaker’s influences couldn’t be more obvious if he tried – right down to a ghastly Galway Girl sequel…
Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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Bongeziwe Mabandla faced addiction, illness and ‘backstabbers’. How has the South African singer stayed so upbeat?

silverguide.site – An indie star in his homeland, Mabandla’s fame is growing abroad – and his uplifting new album is full of existential insight after some of the toughest years of his life…
Bongeziwe Mabandla faced addiction, illness and ‘backstabbers’. How has the South African singer stayed so upbeat?
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Teddie Beverley obituary

silverguide.site – Last of the Beverley Sisters, the singing trio who found fame in the 1950s with hits such as I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Little Donkey…
Teddie Beverley obituary
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From penalties to Pavarotti and Beckham to Bruckner: classical music and football are closer than you might think

silverguide.site – As the World Cup gets underway, we look at music that has soundtracked the beautiful game - and the composers who have loved it…
From penalties to Pavarotti and Beckham to Bruckner: classical music and football are closer than you might think
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Lily Allen review – West End Girl’s marital collapse is superbly evoked at arena scale

silverguide.site – Expanding on her recent theatre tour, Allen’s one-woman performance of her zeitgeist-dominating album is full of catharsis and high camp…
Lily Allen review – West End Girl’s marital collapse is superbly evoked at arena scale
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