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Dua Lipa to curate London literature festival at Southbank Centre

silverguide.site – The British pop star will lead the 2026 London literature festival in collaboration with her Service95 book club, as part of the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary celebrations…
Dua Lipa to curate London literature festival at Southbank Centre

Andrew Bodnar obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Bass guitarist with Graham Parker & the Rumour who also played with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Thompson Twins…
Andrew Bodnar obituary

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

silverguide.site – Jack Karlson’s rallying cry of ‘democracy manifest’ added to national collection of sound recordings that hold historical, cultural and aesthetic significance…
‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

AI lectures, Old West folk heroes and Mark Twain: what is Bob Dylan up to joining Patreon?

silverguide.site – By far the biggest musician to have joined the membership-based platform, Dylan’s posts have so far been puzzling – and therefore entirely in character…
AI lectures, Old West folk heroes and Mark Twain: what is Bob Dylan up to joining Patreon?

Alim Beisembayev review – intimacy and conviction in programme of Romanticism

silverguide.site – Moving from Schubert through Chopin to Liszt, the young pianist brought deep interpretative insights …
Alim Beisembayev review – intimacy and conviction in programme of Romanticism

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/ Candillari review – Simpson’s oratorio shrieks; Elgar and Sibelius stay polite

silverguide.site – Elgar’s more-tea-vicar salon Victoriana sat primly beside Simpson’s cataclysmic celebration of occultism, while Sibelius’s climactic payoff needed a bigger buildup…
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/ Candillari review – Simpson’s oratorio shrieks; Elgar and Sibelius stay polite

‘I’m an old bastard looking back’: the bizarre renaissance of piano-jammer Bruce Hornsby

silverguide.site – The AOR jazzer behind smash hit The Way It Is veered off into the avant garde. But he’s having sudden mainstream acclaim. ‘Well,’ he says as he releases yet another album, ‘it’s nicer than being ignored’…
‘I’m an old bastard looking back’: the bizarre renaissance of piano-jammer Bruce Hornsby

LPO/Tan Dun review – a full battery of drums, dramatic inhalations and hints of Mongolian throat singing

silverguide.site – The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Beijing Olympics composer premieres his immediately appealing choral concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra…
LPO/Tan Dun review – a full battery of drums, dramatic inhalations and hints of Mongolian throat singing

‘My mum bought me Hardcore Ecstasy when I was seven – it’s a great compilation’: Nick Grimshaw’s honest playlist

silverguide.site – The presenter would do Common People at karaoke and avoids 6 Music during intimate moments. But which multilingual song makes him cry?…
‘My mum bought me Hardcore Ecstasy when I was seven – it’s a great compilation’: Nick Grimshaw’s honest playlist

Pop maverick Robyn on sleaze, snobbery and dating during IVF: ‘When there isn’t as much at stake, sex becomes more fun’

silverguide.site – The Swedish musician decided to pursue motherhood alone, and found it came with a surprising sexual awakening – a story she lays out on her new album, her first in eight years…
Pop maverick Robyn on sleaze, snobbery and dating during IVF: ‘When there isn’t as much at stake, sex becomes more fun’

The Turn of the Screw review – gripping and unsettling water-logged staging of Britten’s ghost story

silverguide.site – Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine’s imaginative production is brilliantly creepy and insightful. A first-rate cast of adults and children do not put a foot wrong…
The Turn of the Screw review – gripping and unsettling water-logged staging of Britten’s ghost story

Tamerlano review – Trump, Freud and a Bridgerton escapee struggle to get a handle on Handel

silverguide.site – Orpha Phelan’s fun but confusing staging for the London Handel festival aligns the opera’s characters with recognisable famous figures. Fine singers and players led by Laurence Cummings ensure consistent musical excellence…
Tamerlano review – Trump, Freud and a Bridgerton escapee struggle to get a handle on Handel

UK music industry highlights need for black talent in executive roles

silverguide.site – Report shows black music accounts for 80 per cent of money generated by UK industry in past 30 years…
UK music industry highlights need for black talent in executive roles

Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

silverguide.site – Jack DeJohnette and Michel Portal – both of whom died recently – are phenomenal foils for the Weather Report alumnus’s classical-influenced jazz…
Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

Flea: Honora review – Chili Pepper turns piper, taking up trumpet for a soulful jazz odyssey

silverguide.site – Imaginative interpretations of Funkadelic and Frank Ocean sit alongside starry collaborations and gorgeous instrumentals on the bassist’s brassy side project…
Flea: Honora review – Chili Pepper turns piper, taking up trumpet for a soulful jazz odyssey

Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards

silverguide.site – Other winners include Raye for video of the year, Central Cee for best hip-hop act and Ezra Collective in jazz category…
Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards

Dash Crofts of Summer Breeze rock duo Seals and Crofts dies aged 85

silverguide.site – Crofts helped define the sound of yacht rock with the pair’s 1970s hits such as Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl…
Dash Crofts of Summer Breeze rock duo Seals and Crofts dies aged 85

Anne-Sophie Mutter: East Meets West album review – diverse, bold and brand new

silverguide.site – A varied and engaging collection of four works written for the star violinist features music by Jörg Widmann, Unsuk Chin, Thomas Adès and Aftab Darvish…
Anne-Sophie Mutter: East Meets West album review – diverse, bold and brand new

Paul McCartney announces 18th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, promising introspection and revelation

silverguide.site – The new album draws from the musician’s early childhood memories of growing up in Liverpool and his relationship with Lennon, with musical styles that span his entire career…
Paul McCartney announces 18th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, promising introspection and revelation

Paul McCartney: Days We Left Behind review – this wistful, lovely song is as McCartney-esque as it’s possible to be

silverguide.site – This nostalgic new single suggests a convincing mature style, without the unnecessary straining for relevance that marred some recent solo releases…
Paul McCartney: Days We Left Behind review – this wistful, lovely song is as McCartney-esque as it’s possible to be
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