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Kinks guitarist Dave Davies hits back at Moby for calling 1970 single Lola ‘gross and transphobic’

silverguide.site – The band’s co-founder responded to the US musician’s comments, defending the song and saying they are ‘not transphobic’…
Kinks guitarist Dave Davies hits back at Moby for calling 1970 single Lola ‘gross and transphobic’
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Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression

silverguide.site – Almost overstuffed with musical ideas, the singer’s second studio album can be self-indulgent and messy, but it’s a heartfelt and exuberant grand statement from an artist determined to go her own way…
Raye: This Music May Contain Hope review – a wildly ambitious epic of unbridled self-expression
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Pagliacci review – Leoncavallo’s grand guignol staged with insight and commitment

silverguide.site – Nineteenth-century verismo becomes 21st-century psychodrama, as English Touring Opera dramatise this tawdry tale of jealousy and violence with a keen eye for the dramatic image …
Pagliacci review – Leoncavallo’s grand guignol staged with insight and commitment
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Dolores Keane obituary

silverguide.site – Irish singer with an earthy, expressive voice whose repertoire focused on traditional songs…
Dolores Keane obituary
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Geese review – all hail the new saviours of rock’n’roll

silverguide.site – Switching from convulsive rhythmic thrills to shimmering introspection, the Brooklyn indie-rockers’ music defies expectations and is viscerally of the moment…
Geese review – all hail the new saviours of rock’n’roll
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The Gondoliers review – brilliantly barbed Gilbert and Sullivan is a feast for the eyes and ears

silverguide.site – Contemporary resonances abound in English Touring Opera’s gloriously choreographed and costumed period production: a masterclass in clarity over chaos, performed with boundless enthusiasm…
The Gondoliers review – brilliantly barbed Gilbert and Sullivan is a feast for the eyes and ears
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‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist

silverguide.site – The DJ and multi-instrumentalist thinks Donna Summer still sounds like the future, but which ‘unevolved’ Kinks staple can he no longer stomach?…
‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist
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‘So awesome’: BTS fans on K-pop’s biggest comeback

silverguide.site – Tens of thousands gathered in Seoul to show that, after a four-year hiatus, they had still kept a place for the band in a very changed world…
‘So awesome’: BTS fans on K-pop’s biggest comeback
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BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions

silverguide.site – In front of 100,000 screaming fans, it barely feels like the eyes of the world are upon them, as the group showcase new album with cool confidence…
BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions
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No, Timothée Chalamet, opera isn’t ‘dead’ – it’s been alive for centuries | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers respond to Rebecca Humphries’s article about the actor’s much criticised comments on opera and ballet …
No, Timothée Chalamet, opera isn’t ‘dead’ – it’s been alive for centuries | Letters
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‘We didn’t want to play the game’: how Ladytron became unlikely pop survivors

silverguide.site – From electroclash pioneers to dancefloor-fillers via viral TikTok fame thanks to their hit Seventeen, the Liverpool band are back with a new album and another metamorphosis…
‘We didn’t want to play the game’: how Ladytron became unlikely pop survivors
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‘She made it sound like the cosmos breathing’: the revival of jazz harpist and pianist Alice Coltrane

silverguide.site – The radical work of the musician and composer was dismissed by sexist critics and overshadowed by the legacy of her late husband John. But today, musical stars from Doja Cat to David Byrne all champion her experimental sound…
‘She made it sound like the cosmos breathing’: the revival of jazz harpist and pianist Alice Coltrane
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BTS: Arirang review – the world’s biggest pop band return with dumb fun and downright weirdness

silverguide.site – Ending a hiatus that began in 2022, the septet recapture a distinctiveness that had been threatening to ebb away…
BTS: Arirang review – the world’s biggest pop band return with dumb fun and downright weirdness
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Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – Following in the footsteps of Heavenly and Tiger Trap the duo’s high-tempo electroclash-indie-pop deftly explores young womanhood in 2020s London…
Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks
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Richard Phillips obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Classical music impresario who founded the York early music and Huddersfield contemporary music festivals…
Richard Phillips obituary
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Grace Ives: Girlfriend review – bedroom-pop auteur goes widescreen for a gorgeous sobriety epic

silverguide.site – The New Yorker’s third album leaves behind her DIY origins to channel cult pop classics by Lorde and Sky Ferreira…
Grace Ives: Girlfriend review – bedroom-pop auteur goes widescreen for a gorgeous sobriety epic
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Huw Marc Bennett: Heol Las review – exhilarating Welsh folk injected with synths, sitars and surf rock

silverguide.site – The multi-instrumentalist puts his magical spin on traditional Glamorgan tunes, fusing the past, present and future in a momentous third album…
Huw Marc Bennett: Heol Las review – exhilarating Welsh folk injected with synths, sitars and surf rock
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Johannes-Passion album review – Pygmalion are razor sharp in theatrical new recording

silverguide.site – Raphaël Pichon’s ensemble and fine lineup of soloists bring rich expression to Bach’s dramatic oratorio – with unswerving gravitas from Huw Montague Rendall as Jesus…
Johannes-Passion album review – Pygmalion are razor sharp in theatrical new recording
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Through the Centuries: Songs of Madeleine Dring album review – puts paid to any idea that she was not a serious composer

silverguide.site – Kitty Whately and Julius Drake perform the fervent, fun and intoxicating works of a British musician whose fresh assessment is richly deserved…
Through the Centuries: Songs of Madeleine Dring album review – puts paid to any idea that she was not a serious composer
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US rapper Afroman cleared after police sued him over use of home raid footage

silverguide.site – Artist who topped UK charts with Because I Got High created comedic videos from footage, which officers claimed invaded their privacy…
US rapper Afroman cleared after police sued him over use of home raid footage
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