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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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Gorillaz: The Mountain review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

silverguide.site – Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon band mark 25 years with an album inspired by India and shaped by loss, featuring collaborators living and dead…
Gorillaz: The Mountain review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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‘The bathrooms were rank, but we didn’t care’: how the grimy-but-great CBGB changed rock for ever

silverguide.site – Half a century ago, the famed New York venue run by a former marine and folk singer was ground zero for the punk and new wave scenes. Now the bands who played there are being celebrated on a 101-track box set…
‘The bathrooms were rank, but we didn’t care’: how the grimy-but-great CBGB changed rock for ever
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‘Rest in power, Power’: Wu-Tang Clan collaborator Oliver ‘Power’ Grant dead at 52

silverguide.site – Wu-Tang members pay tribute to Grant with GZA saying ‘His passing is a profound loss’ and Method Man posting ‘I am not okay’…
‘Rest in power, Power’: Wu-Tang Clan collaborator Oliver ‘Power’ Grant dead at 52
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Willie Colón obituary

silverguide.site – New York-born Puerto Rican trombonist, singer, bandleader and exponent of salsa credited with nearly 40 albums…
Willie Colón obituary
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The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture

silverguide.site – The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the brilliance of Sinners’s score …
The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
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Joe Benjamin obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Musician and activist who started out in Bermuda and settled in Brixton…
Joe Benjamin obituary
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Éliane Radigue, French composer and musique concrète legend, dies aged 94

silverguide.site – The Paris-born artist reinvented the synthesizer through meditative and feedback-drenched sonic explorations…
Éliane Radigue, French composer and musique concrète legend, dies aged 94
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Temple of boom! Why Taiwan’s religious sites are becoming unlikely rave venues

silverguide.site – Dance culture faces barriers in Taiwan, with frequent raids on nightclubs. But Temple Meltdown is trying a different tack, with sound systems overseen by gods…
Temple of boom! Why Taiwan’s religious sites are becoming unlikely rave venues
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BTS comeback show sells out immediately as 260,000 fans set to descend on Seoul

silverguide.site – Booking system freezes and screens crash amid rush of fans trying to secure tickets to 21 March free concert…
BTS comeback show sells out immediately as 260,000 fans set to descend on Seoul
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Brandi Carlile concert raises over $600,000 for families affected by ICE

silverguide.site – Singer criticizes Trump administration’s ‘violent theater’ as she supports people caught up in Minneapolis crackdown…
Brandi Carlile concert raises over $600,000 for families affected by ICE
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Bath BachFest review – joyous and mesmerising music making

silverguide.site – The festival’s new artistic director Adrian Brendel presided over – and was a key part of – a day of virtuosic and adventurous performances…
Bath BachFest review – joyous and mesmerising music making
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