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Tamara Stefanovich review – inspired and insightful programme celebrates Kurtág at 100

www.silverguide.site – The pianist’s recital was a masterful essay in sound where the Hungarian composer’s short piano works were woven into and out of Debussy, Liszt and Bach…
Tamara Stefanovich review – inspired and insightful programme celebrates Kurtág at 100

Add to playlist: the seance-worthy dancefloor music of Miles J Paralysis and the week’s best new tracks

www.silverguide.site – The enigmatic Bradford producer is moving into eerie new territory informed by folklore and delivered with a tangibly menacing low end…
Add to playlist: the seance-worthy dancefloor music of Miles J Paralysis and the week’s best new tracks

Hedera: Hedera review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month

www.silverguide.site – The Bristol-based folk ensemble travel widely on their first album, exploring global influences with sparkling, springlike warmth…
Hedera: Hedera review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month

Hen Ogledd: Discombobulated review – a manifesto for collective action from Richard Dawson’s folk-rockers

www.silverguide.site – Featuring taunts in Welsh, ‘bard rap’ and spirited jigs, the British quartet’s ragged, rich music underpins their vision for change…
Hen Ogledd: Discombobulated review – a manifesto for collective action from Richard Dawson’s folk-rockers

Spanish-speaking Bad Bunny stirs lost Latin identity among Brazil’s music fans

www.silverguide.site – Puerto Rican singer sells out concerts in Portuguese-speaking Brazil with breakthrough ‘anti-American agenda of emancipation’…
Spanish-speaking Bad Bunny stirs lost Latin identity among Brazil’s music fans

HK Gruber: Short Stories from the Vienna Woods album review – still quirky after all these years

www.silverguide.site – This collection of the 83-year-old composer’s larger-scale works highlights his inventive and restless writing…
HK Gruber: Short Stories from the Vienna Woods album review – still quirky after all these years

Fred Smith obituary

www.silverguide.site – Bass player who provided subtle but potent rhythm and tone to Television on their debut album, Marquee Moon…
Fred Smith obituary

Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas album review – this distant cousin’s music is a remarkable discovery

www.silverguide.site – This is the premiere recording of sacred cantatas by JL Bach: works preserved due to his distant cousin, JS Bach, copying them for performance. Conductor Johanna Soller brings them to sensitive and vivid life…
Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas album review – this distant cousin’s music is a remarkable discovery

Saul review – Purves didn’t just chew the scenery, he swallowed it whole

www.silverguide.site – The London Handel festival opened with Arcangelo’s agile and elegant performance of the operatic oratorio. Christopher Purves dominated as the king, as David, Hugh Cutting’s voice was liquid honey…
Saul review – Purves didn’t just chew the scenery, he swallowed it whole

The Streets review – semi-theatrical staging of A Grand Don’t Come for Free resurrects a British classic

www.silverguide.site – Deadpan recital of the era-defining album of downbeat English rap suits the full-album format, presented with a formidable band…
The Streets review – semi-theatrical staging of A Grand Don’t Come for Free resurrects a British classic

Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

www.silverguide.site – The US singer-songwriter’s latest album flits deftly from horror to humour, with threads of melancholy and desperate unhappiness binding the tracks…
Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Bad Bunny set for first lead acting role in historical drama Porto Rico

www.silverguide.site – The Grammy winner will star alongside Edward Norton and Javier Bardem in a film inspired by an early 20th century revolutionary, directed by rapper Residente…
Bad Bunny set for first lead acting role in historical drama Porto Rico

Tamás Vásáry obituary

www.silverguide.site – Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt…
Tamás Vásáry obituary

U2: Days of Ash review – six new tracks reaffirm the band as a vital political voice

www.silverguide.site – On their first collection of new songs since 2017, the quartet have a crispness that has been lacking in their 21st-century material, as they nimbly react to shocking news stories…
U2: Days of Ash review – six new tracks reaffirm the band as a vital political voice

Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017

www.silverguide.site – New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026…
Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017

Chuck Negron obituary

www.silverguide.site – Singer with a powerful four-octave range whose hits with Three Dog Night included Joy to the World…
Chuck Negron obituary

‘A cry of pain from every player’: the new reality of Ukraine’s musicians

www.silverguide.site – As the war enters its fifth terrible year, Ukrainian musicians continue to fight for freedom with music-making that is urgent and vital…
‘A cry of pain from every player’: the new reality of Ukraine’s musicians

‘Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers

www.silverguide.site – Redditors are thrilled by the Co-op on Ecclesall Road, where a magnificent drone is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient music. We take a visit to the back aisles…
‘Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers

Raye review – dazzling display of range from old-school Vegas to Euro-dance

www.silverguide.site – Switching from noirish drama to funk stomps, neo-soul to showgirl glamour, this is a big, bold show from a singer who has entered her ‘dramatic era’…
Raye review – dazzling display of range from old-school Vegas to Euro-dance

What DJs, chefs and politicians have in commons | Brief letters

www.silverguide.site – Brief letters: In defence of DJs | Birdwatching success | Keir Starmer’s intangibility | Royal Mail priorities | Saying thank you…
What DJs, chefs and politicians have in commons | Brief letters
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