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J Hus review – rapper touched by genius can’t quite channel his energy

silverguide.site – After a cancelled arena tour, expectations are high for J Hus’s return – but for all his swagger and melody, he ends up falling short due to sound issues and a lack of vision…
J Hus review – rapper touched by genius can’t quite channel his energy
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‘Grown-ass men cry in our arms!’ The political, powerful music of soul band Durand Jones and the Indications

silverguide.site – Equally at ease with making sex-playlist jams and socially conscious songs, the revered group are fretting about fascism – but are determined to find common ground for Americans…
‘Grown-ass men cry in our arms!’ The political, powerful music of soul band Durand Jones and the Indications
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Alfred Brendel obituary

silverguide.site – One of the greatest pianists of his generation who bestrode the musical world for six decades…
Alfred Brendel obituary
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Majestic, rigorous and sheer fun: the best of Alfred Brendel’s recordings

silverguide.site – As the musical world mourns the celebrated pianist, we assess his wide recording legacy and pick the 12 best, from Russian rarities to quickfire Beethoven…
Majestic, rigorous and sheer fun: the best of Alfred Brendel’s recordings
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Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

silverguide.site – Widely regarded as the ‘musicians’ musician’ Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven’s piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years…
Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94
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Glastonbury 2025: post your questions for drag legend Bimini

silverguide.site – The Guardian is returning to Glastonbury with three starry Q&A sessions, and you can ask the questions. First up, it’s RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bimini…
Glastonbury 2025: post your questions for drag legend Bimini
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‘His music documented an America that no longer exists’: Brian Wilson’s brilliance, by key collaborator Van Dyke Parks

silverguide.site – Wilson bought Parks a Volvo when he’d barely met him – and together they brought sublime poetry to pop. He remembers the making of Smile, Surf’s Up and more…
‘His music documented an America that no longer exists’: Brian Wilson’s brilliance, by key collaborator Van Dyke Parks
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Juror dismissed from Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial over conflicting statements about residency

silverguide.site – Juror 6 reportedly claimed during jury selection that he lived in the Bronx but told court staff he lived in New Jersey…
Juror dismissed from Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial over conflicting statements about residency
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‘People recycle the same old racism’: Sheffield metal stars Malevolence on their big break – and how to confront online hate

silverguide.site – They’ve broken crowdsurfing records – 901 in a single gig – but their music confronts deep, difficult subjects from mental health to toxic discourse…
‘People recycle the same old racism’: Sheffield metal stars Malevolence on their big break – and how to confront online hate
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Nick Cave says he declined Morrissey’s request to sing ‘silly anti-woke screed’ on new song

silverguide.site – Responding to a fan question, the singer said he felt the words were ‘unnecessarily provocative’ but called Morrissey ‘probably the best lyricist of his generation’…
Nick Cave says he declined Morrissey’s request to sing ‘silly anti-woke screed’ on new song
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‘It’s all fan-driven. People are in absolute raptures’: how mysterious masked rockers Sleep Token took over metal

silverguide.site – They just headlined Download festival and their latest album went to No 1 in the US and UK – so why is Britain’s biggest metal band in a generation so hated by some?…
‘It’s all fan-driven. People are in absolute raptures’: how mysterious masked rockers Sleep Token took over metal
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Sex-trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs enters sixth week

silverguide.site – Lawyers for the music mogul deny allegations of sex trafficking or coercion, asserting that all sexual encounters were consensual and part of a ‘swingers lifestyle’…
Sex-trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs enters sixth week
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Mazeppa review – Tchaikovsky’s blood-thirsty opera is a wild and gruesome ride

silverguide.site – David Pountney’s striking staging of this timely tale of a Ukrainian warlord battling Russian power unsettles the stomach as much as it titillates the ear…
Mazeppa review – Tchaikovsky’s blood-thirsty opera is a wild and gruesome ride
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‘You can’t wear gold without diamonds!’ Hip-hop legend Slick Rick on bling, British roots and his 26-year break

silverguide.site – He is the rapper’s rapper, adored by Jay-Z, and once called ‘the most beautiful thing to happen to hip-hop’. So why has he taken so long to release his new album? And can we please see his diamond-crusted Virgin Mary medallion?…
‘You can’t wear gold without diamonds!’ Hip-hop legend Slick Rick on bling, British roots and his 26-year break
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‘We’re so big we could do a gig on the moon’: tribute acts on fame, money and what it takes to make it

silverguide.site – Dave Grohl is Bjorn Again’s ‘biggest fan’. Kelly O’Brien took out a loan to buy boobs to match Dolly Parton’s. Four tribute acts reflect on ‘the best job in the world’…
‘We’re so big we could do a gig on the moon’: tribute acts on fame, money and what it takes to make it
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Rodelinda review – powerplay and pig’s blood in thrillingly energised Handel

silverguide.site – Ruth Knight’s production captures the menace and high stakes in this deliciously devilish power struggle with Lucy Crowe whirling her sword like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill…
Rodelinda review – powerplay and pig’s blood in thrillingly energised Handel
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Liam Gallagher criticises Edinburgh council for saying Oasis fans mainly rowdy middle-aged men

silverguide.site – Singer says attitude of officials ‘stinks’ after documents show concern about crowds and intoxication…
Liam Gallagher criticises Edinburgh council for saying Oasis fans mainly rowdy middle-aged men
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Outbreak festival review – hardcore and pop hooks collide in impeccable genre-fluid lineup

silverguide.site – Turnstile headlined with soaring high-tempo energy while Speed went route-one punk, Jane Remover caused pandemonium and Have a Nice Life electrified their fanbase in this most free-thinking of festivals…
Outbreak festival review – hardcore and pop hooks collide in impeccable genre-fluid lineup
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A Visit to Friends/The Gildas Quartet review – Colin Matthews’s luminous new opera opens Aldeburgh in fine style

silverguide.site – With a Chekhov-inspired libretto by William Boyd, this ‘opera within an opera’ had an excellent cast and a lucid staging. Another brand new work by Colin Matthews – his vivid Quartet No 6 – featured the following morning…
A Visit to Friends/The Gildas Quartet review – Colin Matthews’s luminous new opera opens Aldeburgh in fine style
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‘I used to impersonate Hannah Montana – I can’t listen to her now!’: Lainey Wilson’s honest playlist

silverguide.site – The country star loves the loud guitars of Bob Seger and belts out some Dolly after a few drinks, but which song makes her feel as if she can do anything?…
‘I used to impersonate Hannah Montana – I can’t listen to her now!’: Lainey Wilson’s honest playlist
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