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Pioneering period instrument performances: Five key Roger Norrington recordings

www.silverguide.site – Five essential recordings by the trailblazing conductor who has died aged 91…
Pioneering period instrument performances: Five key Roger Norrington recordings
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First night of the Proms review – Batiashvili’s magnificent Sibelius opens the festival

www.silverguide.site – An oddly disparate programme, including an Errollyn Wallen world premiere and a Vaughan Williams rarity, didn’t quite cohere in this opening concert, but all was outstandingly played…
First night of the Proms review – Batiashvili’s magnificent Sibelius opens the festival
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Roger Norrington: a maverick, an irresistible firebrand and a musical visionary

www.silverguide.site – The conductor, whose historically informed evangelism helped transform the classical music world, has died. Tom Service remembers a man who looked to the past to find a fresh and thrilling present.…
Roger Norrington: a maverick, an irresistible firebrand and a musical visionary
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The song of the summer is … nothing? Why 2025’s charts are so stale

www.silverguide.site – Experts say this year has produced the fewest new hit songs in US history – and it might signal the end of a singular seasonal smash…
The song of the summer is … nothing? Why 2025’s charts are so stale
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Connie Francis obituary

www.silverguide.site – One of the biggest-selling pop singers of the 50s and 60s, with hits including Stupid Cupid and Lipstick on Your Collar…
Connie Francis obituary
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Add to playlist: Céline Dessberg’s harp evokes Hollywood and home and the week’s best new tracks

www.silverguide.site – With a wide-eyed awe at the natural beauty of her Mongolian heritage, the warmth of Dessberg’s voice is irresistible…
Add to playlist: Céline Dessberg’s harp evokes Hollywood and home and the week’s best new tracks
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Alex G: Headlights review – indie-rocker reins in the noise to reveal romantic soft rock

www.silverguide.site – While the sonic invention and off-kilter details remain, on his 10th album the cult musician eschews distortion for melancholic melodies and crooked love songs…
Alex G: Headlights review – indie-rocker reins in the noise to reveal romantic soft rock
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Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review | Jude Roger's folk album of the month

www.silverguide.site – Masters of atmosphere, Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody contrast hauntological synths with robust noise on this playful debut…
Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review | Jude Roger's folk album of the month
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Eight hours, 250 singers… and as many bananas as it takes: Tavener’s Veil of the Temple

www.silverguide.site – Who’d be brave enough to programme John Tavener’s choral epic? We talk to the team behind the staging that’s opening this year’s Edinburgh international festival, and veterans of its 2003 premiere remember the challenges and rewards…
Eight hours, 250 singers… and as many bananas as it takes: Tavener’s Veil of the Temple
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‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu-metal, nostalgia and their new frontwoman

www.silverguide.site – After the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017, the rap-rock icons have reformed, aiming to cultivate ‘good vibes’ for a new generation of fans. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong discuss backlash and rebirth…
‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu-metal, nostalgia and their new frontwoman
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Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley

www.silverguide.site – The late star paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lows…
Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley
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Chloe Chua: Mozart Violin Concertos album review – teenage prodigy’s interpretations are balanced and mature

www.silverguide.site – The Singaporean violinist plays Mozart with a clean focused tone, an elegant turn of phrase and a quiet wit.…
Chloe Chua: Mozart Violin Concertos album review – teenage prodigy’s interpretations are balanced and mature
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Breakups, booty calls and bare-all balladry: SZA’s 20 best songs – ranked!

www.silverguide.site – As her European tour with Kendrick Lamar continues in the UK, we rate the former Glastonbury headliner’s best tracks, from 2012’s debut to this year’s collaboration with Don Toliver…
Breakups, booty calls and bare-all balladry: SZA’s 20 best songs – ranked!
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Julieth Lozano Rolong – Alma: Ibero-American Songs album review – Colombian soprano’s captivating debut

www.silverguide.site – Supported beautifully by pianist João Araújo, and with songs by composers from seven countries, this recording offers a wealth of colour from a hugely promising performer…
Julieth Lozano Rolong – Alma: Ibero-American Songs album review – Colombian soprano’s captivating debut
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Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

www.silverguide.site – The rapper and producer doubles down on his vaulting style, lurching from alt-rock to distortion and chipmunk soul on an astonishingly coherent and melodic third record…
Jim Legxacy: Black British Music review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
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‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary

www.silverguide.site – In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaborators…
‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary
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‘I can’t believe not everyone catastrophises!’: Liz Stokes of Kiwi band the Beths on anxiety, ambition and being anti-optimisation

www.silverguide.site – The New Zealand indie band have had a charmed rise – but behind the scenes, their frontperson was dealing with Graves’ disease and depression. Digging deep helped her realise not everything can be fixed…
‘I can’t believe not everyone catastrophises!’: Liz Stokes of Kiwi band the Beths on anxiety, ambition and being anti-optimisation
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Jane’s Addiction members sue singer Perry Farrell over onstage altercation

www.silverguide.site – US rock band claim reunion tour and album was derailed by Farrell’s ‘repeated and unprovoked attack’ in 2024 – but the singer lodged his own legal complaint hours later…
Jane’s Addiction members sue singer Perry Farrell over onstage altercation
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Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel

www.silverguide.site – Noel Gallagher named a song after it, Marc Almond practically moved in and the Killers had a bathtub reserved for puking in – but was it rock’n’roll, or just a bit tragic?…
Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel
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‘The perfect accompaniment to life’: why is a 12th-century nun the hottest name in experimental music?

www.silverguide.site – ​A mystic who turned visions into beautiful chants, Hildegard von Bingen has inspired everyone from Grimes to David Lynch. Musicians including Julia Holter explain the hold she has on them…
‘The perfect accompaniment to life’: why is a 12th-century nun the hottest name in experimental music?
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