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‘The greatest album never made’: the untold story of George Michael’s secret, star-packed duets project

silverguide.site – Suing his record label and sick of being a sex symbol, the singer spent 1992 working on the Trojan Souls for stars including Aretha Franklin and Bryan Ferry. Now, newly released studio footage shows him in his creative prime…
‘The greatest album never made’: the untold story of George Michael’s secret, star-packed duets project
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The Oresteia review – this body-shaking, blood-soaked opera is exhilaratingly wild

silverguide.site – Six singers put not only their vocal cords but their bodies on the line in a physically demanding performance of Liza Lim’s aurally challenging opera…
The Oresteia review – this body-shaking, blood-soaked opera is exhilaratingly wild
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Three Choirs festival review – impressive opening salvo full of crackling energy and exuberant fireworks

silverguide.site – A packed crowd greeted this year’s curtain raiser for a delightfully Tiggerish premiere of Gavin Higgins’ Fanfare Americana, an exhilarating Elgar’s First and a joyful rendition of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast…
Three Choirs festival review – impressive opening salvo full of crackling energy and exuberant fireworks
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Sinfonia of London/Wilson review – night of Technicolor masterpieces from one of the finest orchestras on the planet

silverguide.site – Verdi’s La Forza del Destino felt vital, cellist Jonathan Aasgaard was immaculate in Walton’s Concerto but it was John Wilson’s wizardly conducting through Respighi’s Roman Trilogy that brought the audience to their feet…
Sinfonia of London/Wilson review – night of Technicolor masterpieces from one of the finest orchestras on the planet
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Luke Combs review – regular Joe megastar brings the arena-sized party home

silverguide.site – Despite his humble persona, the highest-selling country artist of all time has the vocal firepower and hard-hitting hits to deliver two hours of crowd-pleasin’ pyrotechnics…
Luke Combs review – regular Joe megastar brings the arena-sized party home
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Shania Twain’s honest playlist: ‘If Dancing Queen comes on, you rush out’

silverguide.site – The country-pop superstar loves Abba and secretly listens to Lloyd Webber, but which British heartthrob’s single gets her out of bed in the morning?…
Shania Twain’s honest playlist: ‘If Dancing Queen comes on, you rush out’
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‘I know what it’s like to be vulnerable’: musician This Is Lorelei AKA Nate Amos on addiction and finding peace

silverguide.site – The singer-songwriter and Water from Your Eyes guitarist was unstoppably prolific, despite a growing dependence on substances. Now sober, he reflects on his new album and the songs that helped him turn his life round…
‘I know what it’s like to be vulnerable’: musician This Is Lorelei AKA Nate Amos on addiction and finding peace
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Add to playlist: the ramshackle, soulful twang of Twisted Teens and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – The New Orleans country-punk duo are on a hot streak, about to release their third album in a year, and the crunchy, literate hooks keep coming…
Add to playlist: the ramshackle, soulful twang of Twisted Teens and the week’s best new tracks
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The Strokes: Reality Awaits review – a perfect marriage of mayhem and melody on their best album in years

silverguide.site – Allying the crackpot strangeness of Julian Casablancas’ side projects with his band’s gift for pop minimalism, the New Yorkers are on playful, joyous form…
The Strokes: Reality Awaits review – a perfect marriage of mayhem and melody on their best album in years
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The Zarabanda Variations review – free jazz project is a thrillingly original dive into colonial history

silverguide.site – US composer Keir GoGwilt’s collaborative album uses poetry and atonal music to trace the roots of Spain’s sarabande dance: a fascinating listen, though not easy…
The Zarabanda Variations review – free jazz project is a thrillingly original dive into colonial history
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Tyla: A*Pop review – old-school pop superstar transports us back to more carefree times

silverguide.site – The South African singer reflects on love’s highs and lows on her second album, nimbly flipping between moods but with her voice always holding attention…
Tyla: A*Pop review – old-school pop superstar transports us back to more carefree times
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John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto album review – writing of enormous scope and colour

silverguide.site – The pianist and composer, who died in 2015, deserves a wider audience for the edgy, lucid soundworld of his compositions…
John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto album review – writing of enormous scope and colour
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‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the black

silverguide.site – Versions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists?…
‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the black
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Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat

silverguide.site – How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identity…
Charli xcx: Music, Fashion, Film review – slippery search into selfhood that hits just as hard as Brat
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No matter your age, you can always enjoy a rave | Letters

silverguide.site – Letter: Brian F Nattrass went to a festival to celebrate his 80th birthday, started dancing and suddenly felt ageless. Plus a letter from John Parry…
No matter your age, you can always enjoy a rave | Letters
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Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas/Mitsuko Uchida album review – the music emerges as if new

silverguide.site – There are no major surprises in this live recording, just the simple but sublime sense that the music is being passed from composer, through pianist, on to us…
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas/Mitsuko Uchida album review – the music emerges as if new
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Do you suffer from organ failure? Here’s why you should give this mightiest of instruments a hearing

silverguide.site – A Sunday morning Prom showcases the magnificent RAH instrument, but the organ’s not just for Bach – check out pioneering musicians from Jonny Greenwood to Kali Malone. Plus, Igor Levit is cancelled – and at the top of the German charts…
Do you suffer from organ failure? Here’s why you should give this mightiest of instruments a hearing
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BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong

silverguide.site – Sueye Park’s poetic, enthralling Proms debut in Sibelius’s violin concerto was followed by an effervescent late-night concert from Thomas Dunford’s Jupiter Ensemble with Laurence Kilsby…
BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong
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Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand front row at concerts?

silverguide.site – Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen have all dealt with audience effluence in recent weeks – but that’s only one part of a fearsome subculture that has built up around fandom, endurance and ‘getting barrier’…
Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand front row at concerts?
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BBCPhil/Noseda/Selaocoe review – a proms concert that was everything the festival does best

silverguide.site – A programme – Bach, Beethoven and a Jessie Montgomery premiere – that looked odd on paper made perfect sense in the hall, with Abel Selaocoe a mesmerising soloist in Montgomery’s ‘These Righteous Paths’…
BBCPhil/Noseda/Selaocoe review – a proms concert that was everything the festival does best
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