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Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

silverguide.site – Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists…
Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

Tell us: have you seen live music with your family recently?

silverguide.site – We would like to hear your experiences of going to live music concerts with your family…
Tell us: have you seen live music with your family recently?

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Batsashvili review – detailed and monumental Bruckner

silverguide.site – The BBC Scottish chief conductor’s reading of Bruckner’s Seventh was thoughtful and balanced. Mariam Batsashvili was an enthralling soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20.…
BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Batsashvili review – detailed and monumental Bruckner

Five burning questions from Triple J’s Australian Hottest 100, a ‘rare and precious thing’

silverguide.site – How did the radio network’s Top 100 Australian Songs poll become a cultural moment and why does Triple J’s head say we should stay ‘fucking loud’?…
Five burning questions from Triple J’s Australian Hottest 100, a ‘rare and precious thing’

‘They’re rowdy. They’re vibing. I rip my shirt off’: the exploding career of Hanumankind, India’s hottest rapper

silverguide.site – He’s a thrilling performer who rails against injustice and ‘mob mentality’ in his homeland – but is he burning himself out? Recovering from an onstage injury, he discusses stereotypes and subversion…
‘They’re rowdy. They’re vibing. I rip my shirt off’: the exploding career of Hanumankind, India’s hottest rapper

Cleo Laine’s support for the arts and artists | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: The Arts Channel | Blackberries in June | Best spoof films | It’s no joke in Edinburgh | A hillbilly allergy…
Cleo Laine’s support for the arts and artists | Brief letters

Letter: Lord Lipsey obituary

silverguide.site – Martin Kettle writes: David Lipsey’s commitment to classical music education stood out…
Letter: Lord Lipsey obituary

Diana McVeagh obituary

silverguide.site – Biographer of Gerald Finzi and Edward Elgar who was on the editorial board of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians…
Diana McVeagh obituary

Piano virtuoso Alexander Gavrylyuk: ‘It is unfortunate to see music as a competition. It is a uniting force’

silverguide.site – The pianist will play Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No 1 and George Gershwin’s joyful Rhapsody in Blue in ‘a masterstroke in programming’ by the ACO…
Piano virtuoso Alexander Gavrylyuk: ‘It is unfortunate to see music as a competition. It is a uniting force’

The Traitors Prom review – iconic show’s greatest hits turn the melodrama up to 11

silverguide.site – Claudia Winkleman hosted while the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra expertly negotiated orchestrated covers including Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo alongside a smattering of Saint-Saëns and Puccini…
The Traitors Prom review – iconic show’s greatest hits turn the melodrama up to 11

Marcia Hines: ‘The strangest thing I’ve done for love? Believe the lie’

silverguide.site – The singer and Australian Idol judge on her love for breaking dishes, her famous family members, and the most chaotic thing that’s happened to her on stage…
Marcia Hines: ‘The strangest thing I’ve done for love? Believe the lie’

Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever

silverguide.site – More than 2.6 million people voted in radio poll to find the most loved homegrown hits of all time…
Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard join Spotify exodus over arms industry link

silverguide.site – Australian psychedelic rock group announces it will pull its music from streaming service in protest against CEO Daniel Ek…
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard join Spotify exodus over arms industry link

Meg Washington: ‘Why make art at all? What’s the point? Sometimes I feel like the violinist on the Titanic’

silverguide.site – For the last five years, the Australian singer has been busy with films, Bluey and even changing her name – as well as grappling with the climate crisis, parenthood and capitalism for her new album, Gem…
Meg Washington: ‘Why make art at all? What’s the point? Sometimes I feel like the violinist on the Titanic’

Michael Harper obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Countertenor and singing teacher who was dedicated to promoting diversity in opera performance…
Michael Harper obituary

Kesha review – a triumphant and electric return for pop’s comeback kid

silverguide.site – The millennial-beloved pop star brings the house down in an emotional and energetic chance to show off her new, return-to-form album…
Kesha review – a triumphant and electric return for pop’s comeback kid

Dame Cleo Laine obituary

silverguide.site – Celebrated singer with an agile contralto voice who, with her husband John Dankworth, helped bring new audiences to jazz…
Dame Cleo Laine obituary

Add to playlist: Westside Cowboy’s ramshackle Americana and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The Manchester band have coined the ungainly term ‘Britainicana’ for their sound – but their mix of punky vigour and country classicism rattles along at high speed…
Add to playlist: Westside Cowboy’s ramshackle Americana and the week’s best new tracks

Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97

silverguide.site – Versatile singer straddled jazz, classical, pop and musical theatre with four-octave range, and collaborated for decades with husband, John Dankworth…
Cleo Laine, Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97

Editrix: The Big E review – experimental trio speak their own ferocious musical language

silverguide.site – Led by Wendy Eisenberg, the Massachusetts band’s third album explores communication challenges in an articulate and exhilarating rock fusion…
Editrix: The Big E review – experimental trio speak their own ferocious musical language
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