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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Fleet Foxes, LondonNow that Mumford & Sons have come along and ruined it for everyone, you'd be forgiven for never wanting to see another gang of earnest, fiddly folkies ...
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Hollywood actor teams up with Bristol band to cover George Gershwin's Summertime for Mexican movie soundtrackMassive Attack have collaborated with actor Scarlett Johansso...
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Pianist plays pop and jazz, both old and new, in his first performance since birth of his daughter in MarchJamie Cullum could not be described as edgy, but he loves jazz ...
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