O2 Arena, LondonJay-Z and Kanye West are hip-hop's current two main players, and they are pathologically keen to celebrate the fact. Late last year, the pair of multimill...
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A teacher, a piano, some schoolchildren – and a powerful statement of black consciousness. Who wouldn't have wanted Nancy Dupree at their school?The first thing to ...
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“Kissy kicks off the final month of the Kissy Club in style with tunes from Roni Size, Nina Simone, Redlight, Mumbai Science, Rory Lyons and many many more…&#...
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southern rock // soul Sothern rock bursting with soul! Alabama Shakes amplify my love for music. Their powerful groove and vigorous energy makes me a little less sad abou...
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Halina Larsson is an ex-pat from Sweden who has lived in LA and now resides in Brooklyn. She’s go a diverse sound and a variety of influences including Janis Joplin...
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(ECM) From Norwegian folk singer and harpist Sinikka Langeland comes a seductively subtle contemporary jazz album. The lyrics are all Norwegian or Swedish (the sleeve not...
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State Opera House, PraguePrague's lavish neo-rococo State Opera House is a long way from HM Prison Highpoint in Suffolk, where George Michael spent four weeks last Septem...
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In her songs, she gave a compelling account of a woman mentally unravelling in gut-wrenching everywoman styleFew could claim that the tragic early death of Amy Winehouse ...
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Noel has guest edited this month's Mojo Magazine, which is on the shelves now. The magazine also comes with a personally compiled covermount CD titled 'Well... All Right!...
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Barbican, LondonEsperanza Spalding is one of those jigsaw pieces you never knew was missing from the world of music. Until she surprised everyone by winning the recent be...
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Mary J. Blige is spending the summer researching the life of jazz and blues legend Nina Simone ready for an upcoming biopic. The schedule of Blige's current film Rock of ...
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Barbican, LondonFrom the opening harmonies of Tina Turner's Bold Soul Sister to a carousing finale including Miriam Makeba's African hit Pata Pata, this two-hour tribute ...
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"It's vinyl all the way as Gilles heads into the basement and digs out some classics, with a Eugene McDaniels showcase, as well as dropping some delights from Anita Ward,...
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