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Add to playlist: Céline Dessberg’s harp evokes Hollywood and home and the week’s best new tracks

silverguide.site – With a wide-eyed awe at the natural beauty of her Mongolian heritage, the warmth of Dessberg’s voice is irresistible…
Add to playlist: Céline Dessberg’s harp evokes Hollywood and home and the week’s best new tracks
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Alex G: Headlights review – indie-rocker reins in the noise to reveal romantic soft rock

silverguide.site – While the sonic invention and off-kilter details remain, on his 10th album the cult musician eschews distortion for melancholic melodies and crooked love songs…
Alex G: Headlights review – indie-rocker reins in the noise to reveal romantic soft rock
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Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review | Jude Roger's folk album of the month

silverguide.site – Masters of atmosphere, Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody contrast hauntological synths with robust noise on this playful debut…
Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review | Jude Roger's folk album of the month
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Eight hours, 250 singers… and as many bananas as it takes: Tavener’s Veil of the Temple

silverguide.site – Who’d be brave enough to programme John Tavener’s choral epic? We talk to the team behind the staging that’s opening this year’s Edinburgh international festival, and veterans of its 2003 premiere remember the challenges and rewards…
Eight hours, 250 singers… and as many bananas as it takes: Tavener’s Veil of the Temple
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‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu-metal, nostalgia and their new frontwoman

silverguide.site – After the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017, the rap-rock icons have reformed, aiming to cultivate ‘good vibes’ for a new generation of fans. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong discuss backlash and rebirth…
‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu-metal, nostalgia and their new frontwoman
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Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley

silverguide.site – The late star paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lows…
Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley
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Chloe Chua: Mozart Violin Concertos album review – teenage prodigy’s interpretations are balanced and mature

silverguide.site – The Singaporean violinist plays Mozart with a clean focused tone, an elegant turn of phrase and a quiet wit.…
Chloe Chua: Mozart Violin Concertos album review – teenage prodigy’s interpretations are balanced and mature
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Breakups, booty calls and bare-all balladry: SZA’s 20 best songs – ranked!

silverguide.site – As her European tour with Kendrick Lamar continues in the UK, we rate the former Glastonbury headliner’s best tracks, from 2012’s debut to this year’s collaboration with Don Toliver…
Breakups, booty calls and bare-all balladry: SZA’s 20 best songs – ranked!
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Julieth Lozano Rolong – Alma: Ibero-American Songs album review – Colombian soprano’s captivating debut

silverguide.site – Supported beautifully by pianist João Araújo, and with songs by composers from seven countries, this recording offers a wealth of colour from a hugely promising performer…
Julieth Lozano Rolong – Alma: Ibero-American Songs album review – Colombian soprano’s captivating debut
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Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

silverguide.site – The rapper and producer doubles down on his vaulting style, lurching from alt-rock to distortion and chipmunk soul on an astonishingly coherent and melodic third record…
Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary

silverguide.site – In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaborators…
‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary
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‘I can’t believe not everyone catastrophises!’: Liz Stokes of Kiwi band the Beths on anxiety, ambition and being anti-optimisation

silverguide.site – The New Zealand indie band have had a charmed rise – but behind the scenes, their frontperson was dealing with Graves’ disease and depression. Digging deep helped her realise not everything can be fixed…
‘I can’t believe not everyone catastrophises!’: Liz Stokes of Kiwi band the Beths on anxiety, ambition and being anti-optimisation
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Jane’s Addiction members sue singer Perry Farrell over onstage altercation

silverguide.site – US rock band claim reunion tour and album was derailed by Farrell’s ‘repeated and unprovoked attack’ in 2024 – but the singer lodged his own legal complaint hours later…
Jane’s Addiction members sue singer Perry Farrell over onstage altercation
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Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel

silverguide.site – Noel Gallagher named a song after it, Marc Almond practically moved in and the Killers had a bathtub reserved for puking in – but was it rock’n’roll, or just a bit tragic?…
Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel
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‘The perfect accompaniment to life’: why is a 12th-century nun the hottest name in experimental music?

silverguide.site – ​A mystic who turned visions into beautiful chants, Hildegard von Bingen has inspired everyone from Grimes to David Lynch. Musicians including Julia Holter explain the hold she has on them…
‘The perfect accompaniment to life’: why is a 12th-century nun the hottest name in experimental music?
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Oi! la la: meet the new wave of French punks making noise

silverguide.site – The controversial, rabble-rousing strain of punk known as Oi! is once again giving voice to a nation’s working-class and disaffected youth. Luminaries of this new ‘Cold Oi’ scene explain the music’s eternal, anthemic appeal…
Oi! la la: meet the new wave of French punks making noise
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‘I needed to be locked up’: how Kavana went from 90s pop stardom to smoking crack in a skip – and bounced back

silverguide.site – He was a teen singer with his dream career. But then his life fell apart. Anthony Kavanagh talks about sex work, addiction and the years he spent being forced to hide his sexuality…
‘I needed to be locked up’: how Kavana went from 90s pop stardom to smoking crack in a skip – and bounced back
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Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen in Atlanta during Cowboy Carter tour

silverguide.site – Star’s team members reported music, concert visuals and future setlists taken from vehicle ahead of Atlanta shows…
Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen in Atlanta during Cowboy Carter tour
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From awol to A-lister: how pop stars from Charli xcx to Addison Rae found the fun in fame again

silverguide.site – Despite their predecessors stressing the horrors of pop success, a new cohort are hungry for it, reflecting the ambitions of spotlight-hungry gen Z and the shamelessness of Trump 2.0 life…
From awol to A-lister: how pop stars from Charli xcx to Addison Rae found the fun in fame again
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DJ Nick León on Rosalía, regional Latin club sounds and rejecting success: ‘I was losing my edge’

silverguide.site – Early success left the Miami producer feeling risk-averse. He quit touring to discover his muggy, magical sound – and accidentally scored another hit with Erika de Casier…
DJ Nick León on Rosalía, regional Latin club sounds and rejecting success: ‘I was losing my edge’
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