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Mike Vernon obituary

www.silverguide.site – Producer, musician and record label executive who worked with artists such as John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac…
Mike Vernon obituary

The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983

www.silverguide.site – Swift leads the 2025 vinyl charts with 1.6m sales of The Life of a Showgirl while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the top three…
The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983

Sinfonia of London/ Wilson/ Kantorow review – pushing the limits of the well-oiled orchestral machine

www.silverguide.site – Conductor John Wilson and players delivered an Enigma Variations that veered between whispers and full-throttle intensity. Soloist Alexandre Kantorow, too, proved a master of extremes with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 3…
Sinfonia of London/ Wilson/ Kantorow review – pushing the limits of the well-oiled orchestral machine

‘Siegfried wants to have fun, kill the dragon, meet the girl’: Andreas Schager on Wagner’s young bully

www.silverguide.site – The Austrian tenor is making his Royal Opera debut as Siegfried in the third instalment of of the Ring Cycle. He explains why operetta prepared him for the opera’s epic demands, and why Wagner’s loutish adolescent is more hero than zero…
‘Siegfried wants to have fun, kill the dragon, meet the girl’: Andreas Schager on Wagner’s young bully

BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Oramo/ Son review – rainy days, rolling hills and enchanted creatures

www.silverguide.site – Judith Weir’s salute to the Indian monsoon kicked off a concert on nature and folk themes, Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son brought poetic flourishes to works by Bartók and Finzi, while the magical Firebird made a rousing finale…
BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Oramo/ Son review – rainy days, rolling hills and enchanted creatures

‘I had never heard something so angry and feminine’: Jehnny Beth’s honest playlist

www.silverguide.site – The singer and actor, formerly of Savages, was shaken up by Le Tigre and gets emotional when hearing Fontaines DC, but which rapper can she no longer bear to listen to?…
‘I had never heard something so angry and feminine’: Jehnny Beth’s honest playlist

‘You’ve got to be able to laugh at yourself’: Jamie Oliver stars in video for CMAT’s The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station

www.silverguide.site – The TV chef wondered what he’d done to prompt CMAT’s indie epic about losing the plot at the sight of his face – but once he got her ‘tragicomedy of misdirected anger’, he was ‘100% in’ to drum in the video…
‘You’ve got to be able to laugh at yourself’: Jamie Oliver stars in video for CMAT’s The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station

BBCNOW/Djupsjöbacka review – Tower’s Love Returns is an uncommonly appealing piece

www.silverguide.site – Joan Tower’s concerto for alto saxophone was brilliantly delivered by Steven Banks, part of a lively concert…
BBCNOW/Djupsjöbacka review – Tower’s Love Returns is an uncommonly appealing piece

Hallé/Chauhan/Helseth review – Muhly paints doom with Helseth’s gleaming trumpet

www.silverguide.site – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Receiving its UK premiere in a programme with Britten and Walton, Nico Muhly’s trumpet concerto is inspired by the instrument’s biblical – sometimes apocalyptic – associations…
Hallé/Chauhan/Helseth review – Muhly paints doom with Helseth’s gleaming trumpet

Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

www.silverguide.site – In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expected delights…
Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

Add to playlist: the dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week’s best new tracks

www.silverguide.site – This hyped anonymous duo match the oddness of their costumes with shredding metal, microtonal flourishes and Dalek-style vocals…
Add to playlist: the dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week’s best new tracks

Diagonale des Yeux: Madeleine review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

www.silverguide.site – Music boxes, miaows and strange melodies pepper the whimsical and charmingly lo-fi post-punk of Laurène Exposito and Théo Delaunay…
Diagonale des Yeux: Madeleine review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

James Blake: Trying Times review – platitudes about politics and Kanye can’t detract from an excellent album

www.silverguide.site – Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal: gripping distractions from some preachy sentiments…
James Blake: Trying Times review – platitudes about politics and Kanye can’t detract from an excellent album

Joseph Nolan: The Complete Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1 album review – seething with quasi-orchestral colour

www.silverguide.site – From operatic frenzy in one moment to pianissimo whisper the next, Nolan does exhilarating justice to an extraordinary but little known repertoire…
Joseph Nolan: The Complete Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1 album review – seething with quasi-orchestral colour

Byron Bay Bluesfest cancelled at short notice as organisers cite poor ticket sales

www.silverguide.site – A liquidator has been appointed to wind up the festival, which was due to take place at the Byron Events Farm in Tyagarah over the Easter long weekend …
Byron Bay Bluesfest cancelled at short notice as organisers cite poor ticket sales

Morrissey cancels Valencia concert after being left in ‘catatonic state’ by city noise

www.silverguide.site – After latest concert cancellation, singer also describes Valencia hotel as ‘indescribable hell’ that will require ‘one year to recover’ from…
Morrissey cancels Valencia concert after being left in ‘catatonic state’ by city noise

Nemanja Radulović: Prokofiev album review – thrills and spills from a fearless violin virtuoso

www.silverguide.site – Radulović brings irresistible swagger to selections from Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, while a more restrained duet fosters a fine sense of dialogue…
Nemanja Radulović: Prokofiev album review – thrills and spills from a fearless violin virtuoso

Philharmonia/Alsop/Weilerstein review – tricky acoustic mutes the sonic drama

www.silverguide.site – Weilerstein gave a virtuosic account of Gabriela Ortiz’s Grammy-winning Cello Concerto in a concert hall whose dry acoustic made things challenging at times…
Philharmonia/Alsop/Weilerstein review – tricky acoustic mutes the sonic drama

How do these grab you, darlin’? Nancy Sinatra’s 20 best songs – ranked!

www.silverguide.site – Sixty years after the release of her debut album, Boots, we celebrate her finest tracks – from Bond themes to LSD anthems…
How do these grab you, darlin’? Nancy Sinatra’s 20 best songs – ranked!

The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review | Stevie Chick's album of the week

www.silverguide.site – ​With Keef-style riffs and full-blooded commitment to the bit, resurgent brothers Chris and Rich Robinson​ resurrect​ the rocker lifestyle of eras past…
The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review | Stevie Chick's album of the week
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