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Brit awards 2026: full list of winners

silverguide.site – Olivia Dean tops the winners list with four, while Sam Fender bags two – see all the category winners here…
Brit awards 2026: full list of winners
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Grace Jones review – chaos, nudity and endless costume changes: the disco legend’s show has it all

silverguide.site – The 77-year-old is one of our greatest living performers, doing sit-ups, hula-hooping and even flashing the audience – but her rich voice is the true revelation…
Grace Jones review – chaos, nudity and endless costume changes: the disco legend’s show has it all
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Olivia Dean sweeps the board at 2026 Brit awards, winning four including artist, song and album of the year

silverguide.site – The 26-year-old dominates in Manchester, landing the night’s biggest prizes as Rosé, Wolf Alice and Mark Ronson also take top honours…
Olivia Dean sweeps the board at 2026 Brit awards, winning four including artist, song and album of the year
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‘We’re going into a dark place’: Brit awards artists voice alarm over Reform UK’s rise

silverguide.site – CMAT, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and Loyle Carner say musicians should not shy away from politics – with several warning of ‘scary times’ as the far right gains ground…
‘We’re going into a dark place’: Brit awards artists voice alarm over Reform UK’s rise
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Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe: ‘I feel like I have to work very hard to redeem myself’

silverguide.site – After undergoing double bypass surgery two years ago, the band’s frontman talks about his band’s chaotic reputation, making it up to his fans, and his dream sandwich…
Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe: ‘I feel like I have to work very hard to redeem myself’
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From Amarillo to Stockport: 15 of Neil Sedaka’s greatest songs, and their extraordinary stories

silverguide.site – From being a writer for hire in the 1950s to his solo pop stardom and emphatic 1970s comeback, the late musician’s catalogue is stuffed with stunning, surprising songcraft…
From Amarillo to Stockport: 15 of Neil Sedaka’s greatest songs, and their extraordinary stories
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Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar

silverguide.site – After a Grammy and a global breakthrough, the 26-year-old singer could sweep the board at next week’s Brits. Her closest collaborators explain her massive appeal…
Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar
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Cruz Beckham review – son of David and Victoria transcends nepo-baby tag with intriguing psych-pop

silverguide.site – His music is still all over the place, lurching from landfill indie to solipsistic ballads, but the youngest Beckham son can certainly play guitar…
Cruz Beckham review – son of David and Victoria transcends nepo-baby tag with intriguing psych-pop
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‘The kinetic energy is palpable’: Manchester embraces its first Brit awards

silverguide.site – Event’s first venture outside London aims to recognise geographical diversity of UK’s music talent…
‘The kinetic energy is palpable’: Manchester embraces its first Brit awards
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Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do singer and pop song hitmaker, dies aged 86

silverguide.site – Musician died after being taken to hospital in Los Angeles, with his family remembering him as a ‘true rock and roll legend’ and ‘inspiration to millions’…
Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do singer and pop song hitmaker, dies aged 86
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RPO/Edusei/Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha review – the makings of a classic Strauss

silverguide.site – South African soprano Rangwanasha proved she is the real deal in a performance of Strauss’s Four Last Songs that’s let down by the RPO’s oddly pinched, poorly tuned backing…
RPO/Edusei/Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha review – the makings of a classic Strauss
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The Hallé Presents … Jonny Greenwood review – everything in its right place, almost

silverguide.site – The Radiohead guitarist joined the orchestra for the premiere of his rather formless Violin Concerto – but other repertoire was gripping, and showed off a world-class string section…
The Hallé Presents … Jonny Greenwood review – everything in its right place, almost
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Bruno Mars: The Romantic review – you’re better off listening to the songs he’s blatantly imitating

silverguide.site – (Atlantic)Harking back to Oye Como Va, Move On Up and other 20th-century classics, Mars’s homages are beautifully performed but bereft of new ideas…
Bruno Mars: The Romantic review – you’re better off listening to the songs he’s blatantly imitating
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Add to playlist: the cliche-correcting medieval music of Idrîsî Ensemble and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The group reimagines Corsica’s ancient music for modern female voices with fresh spiky arrangements that remain heavy with the pain of the past…
Add to playlist: the cliche-correcting medieval music of Idrîsî Ensemble and the week’s best new tracks
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‘It’s good music, not a guilty pleasure’: how Bruno Mars embraced cheese to become pop’s most popular star

silverguide.site – He gets more streams than Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, thanks to a shamelessly corny and cannily timeless style. Close collaborators and industry experts explain his secret…
‘It’s good music, not a guilty pleasure’: how Bruno Mars embraced cheese to become pop’s most popular star
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Lala Lala: Heaven 2 review – brooding alt-popper fights the urge to run

silverguide.site – Lillie West’s fourth album is a hazy, mid-tempo meditation on escape that gets stuck in a numbing mid-tempo mode – though there is a gorgeous moment of release…
Lala Lala: Heaven 2 review – brooding alt-popper fights the urge to run
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Tomeka Reid: Dance! Skip! Hop! review – an early contender for jazz album of the year

silverguide.site – The cellist reunites with guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tomas Fujiwara for five stunning tracks that are boundary-pushing yet populist…
Tomeka Reid: Dance! Skip! Hop! review – an early contender for jazz album of the year
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Harnoncourt: Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann album review – revelatory readings from the late revolutionary

silverguide.site – This 1999 live recording captures the late conductor’s radical ear in bracing Mendelssohn, gossamer Wagner and a luminous Liebestod – from Violeta Urmana…
Harnoncourt: Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann album review – revelatory readings from the late revolutionary
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Pekka Kuusisto: Willows album review – luminous, inventive and penetrating

silverguide.site – The Finnish violinist-conductor strips back The Lark Ascending to revelatory effect in an album that moves from searing grief to radiant, folk-infused transcendence with Sam Amidon…
Pekka Kuusisto: Willows album review – luminous, inventive and penetrating
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‘Play like a dog biting God’s feet’: Steven Isserlis on the formidable György Kurtág at 100

silverguide.site – Their friendship and musical partnership spans four decades. As the legendary Hungarian composer turns 100, cellist Steven Isserlis celebrates a musician of boundless imagination, humour – and his vivid way with words…
‘Play like a dog biting God’s feet’: Steven Isserlis on the formidable György Kurtág at 100
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