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Anohni review – masterful songbook reinventions are an out-of-body experience

silverguide.site – Accompanied by a virtuosic band and powered by her operatic voice, Anohni is as good as Nina Simone at interpreting songs – and her own catalogue proves equally malleable yet strong…
Anohni review – masterful songbook reinventions are an out-of-body experience
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Add to playlist: the disaster-baiting jazz-rock brinkmanship of Taupe and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The trio combine sludgy rock, homemade electronics and squawking into a watertight groove that makes light work of their complex musicianship…
Add to playlist: the disaster-baiting jazz-rock brinkmanship of Taupe and the week’s best new tracks
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Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire

silverguide.site – The Australian songwriter’s fourth album exists in the captivating chasm between the coolness of her music and the unrepentant obsession of the crush it explores…
Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire
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Walter Smith III: Twio Vol 2 review – classic jazz is vividly alive in the hands of this incisive saxophonist

silverguide.site – The redoubtable musician and guests including Branford Marsalis and Ron Carter make standard song-shapes sparkle with focus and rugged phrasing…
Walter Smith III: Twio Vol 2 review – classic jazz is vividly alive in the hands of this incisive saxophonist
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Lemminkäinen Suite album review – Ava Bahari is an enthralling storyteller

silverguide.site – In this all-Sibelilus disc, violinist Ava Bahari’s account of the Violin Concerto has heft and exuberance, while Rouvali’s dramatic nous suits the drama of the Four Legends of Lemminkäinen…
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Lemminkäinen Suite album review – Ava Bahari is an enthralling storyteller
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Alan Osmond obituary

silverguide.site – Oldest member of the family pop group that had Top 10 hits in the US and UK in the early 1970s…
Alan Osmond obituary
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Forged in Sound: Heavy Metal Orchestrated review – hard-rocking mashup rides the lightning

silverguide.site – Suzi Quatro, Mr Lordi and Alison Mosshart joined the Philharmonia in a setlist spanning Wagner and Metallica – with conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali flexing his rock-drummer skills…
Forged in Sound: Heavy Metal Orchestrated review – hard-rocking mashup rides the lightning
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Timothy Ridout: Alto Appassionato album review – engaging and smartly curated viola and piano programme

silverguide.site – Accomplished violist Ridout and pianist Jonathan Ware add bristling imagination and rich emotional layers to music by Franck, Fauré and more…
Timothy Ridout: Alto Appassionato album review – engaging and smartly curated viola and piano programme
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What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

silverguide.site – With their sublime confection of heartbreak and dancefloor power, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have never sounded like anyone else. Thirty years since Walking Wounded, here’s the duo’s very best…
What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
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Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

silverguide.site – All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town life…
Noah Kahan: The Great Divide review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers

silverguide.site – The fitness chain Better has replaced real musicians’ tracks with cover versions, causing dismay among punters and instructors who say the change is killing the energy…
‘When I finish my classes, I feel sad’: anger builds over gyms swapping pop classics for cheap covers
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It’s unfashionable, wild and wilful – why Bax’s music deserves a comeback

silverguide.site – The British composer is once again missing from the Proms schedule – that’s our loss. Instead, here’s my pick of the brand new music you can catch at the summer festival…
It’s unfashionable, wild and wilful – why Bax’s music deserves a comeback
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The first performance of Puccini’s Turandot – archive, 1926

silverguide.site – On 25 April 1926, the premiere of Puccini’s posthumous opera was presented at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, almost a year and a half after his death…
The first performance of Puccini’s Turandot – archive, 1926
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Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79

silverguide.site – British singer and guitarist wrote and performed Traffic classics including Feelin’ Alright? before platinum-selling solo albums and work with Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and more…
Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79
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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone review – Ziggy glam and Berlin grime in a bum-shaking yet sanitised immersion

silverguide.site – This hour-long, 360-degree film may skip over some chapters of Bowie’s career, but what is here is irresistible – and thrillingly huge…
David Bowie: You’re Not Alone review – Ziggy glam and Berlin grime in a bum-shaking yet sanitised immersion
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Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds family band, dies at 76

silverguide.site – Alongside siblings Donny and Marie, the musician was a 1970s teen idol with family hits like Crazy Horses…
Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmonds family band, dies at 76
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BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence

silverguide.site – This year’s programme to feature ambitious pieces with lots of notes – and that’s just prog night…
BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence
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Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI

silverguide.site – French musician’s comments are in stark contrast to fears expressed by artists such as Elton John and Dua Lipa…
Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI
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Magnificent minimalism, sizzling Strauss, bracing Berlioz: Guardian critics’ top picks for Proms 2026

silverguide.site – As details of this year’s concert series are unveiled, here are some of the most exciting lineups – from a Bach recital by Notre-Dame’s organist to Thomas Adès conducting the National Youth Orchestra in his own ballet…
Magnificent minimalism, sizzling Strauss, bracing Berlioz: Guardian critics’ top picks for Proms 2026
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The Clean – 10 of the best

silverguide.site – The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now…
The Clean – 10 of the best
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