A lost recording by the late singer has been turned into a UK-wide photography project. Laura Barton takes partOne summer evening in the late 1970s, Michael Burdett was s...
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(Nonesuch)When a classically trained young piano improviser called Brad Mehldau emerged in the mid-1990s, he quickly established a patient, subtle and richly contrapuntal...
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(Domino)If eyebrows were raised when guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones left the Coral in 2008, his debut album should send them into the stratosphere. A score inspired by Italo ...
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Like Beck in the 90s and Todd Rundgren in the 70s, this San Diego band seem savvy enough to master any kind of musicHometown: San Diego.The lineup: Joel Williams (acousti...
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Harrogate theatre"The biggest array of talent since Woodstock, but in one person" is how the Harrogate international festival fringe announcer introduces Gruff Rhys. High...
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Union Chapel, LondonIn his 30 years fronting New York art-rock perennials Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has always looked to confound expectations. The cult star's latest s...
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At their best, duos are a uniquely formidable type of creative chemistry. Whether Simon & Garfunkel or Pet Shop Boys, Steely Dan or Soft Cell, an alchemical magic occurs...
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An album of scintillating soft-focus folk-pop from Morr Music artist Butcher The Bar, aka Joel Nicholson. Joel Nicholson first gave us a glimpse of his deepest tho...
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Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is curr...
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This singer-songwriter has been surfing since he was 11, but his intricate guitar sound is more John Martyn than Jack JohnsonHometown: Totnes, Devon.The lineup: Ben Howar...
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Ekko said...The latest mixtapes from Big K.R.I.T., Pusha T (of Clipse) and Xaphoon Jones (of Chiddy Bang)http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.comLevin said...Dave Edmunds - ...
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Howard Assembly Room, LeedsThe Unthanks' startling folk has all the eerie power of their native Northumbria's coast. Backed by trumpet, drums and a female string section ...
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