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Shimmer review – National Youth Orchestra welcome the new year in bracing, stylish style

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – In a programme of early 20th- and 21st-century music, it was in the contemporary works that the new cohort of teenagers were most impressive…
Shimmer review – National Youth Orchestra welcome the new year in bracing, stylish style

‘I’d never heard anything like it’: the prepared piano revelations of jazz star Jessica Williams

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Dave Brubeck called her a great and Mary Lou Williams gave her advice. But the prodigy grew frustrated with jazz, quit and started dismantling her instrument. A superb new reissue showcases her findings…
‘I’d never heard anything like it’: the prepared piano revelations of jazz star Jessica Williams

Drake and livestreamer Adin Ross accused of using online casino money to artificially inflate streams in class action case

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – US class action alleges Stake’s anonymised design enabled rapper to fund automated streams on music platforms…
Drake and livestreamer Adin Ross accused of using online casino money to artificially inflate streams in class action case

Dunedin Consort/Butt review – A bog, but not standard as Fennessy’s new cantata premieres

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Inspired by the ancient Faddan More Psalter unearthed after 1,000 years, the Dunedin Consort’s commission was direct and timeless in an utterly convincing way…
Dunedin Consort/Butt review – A bog, but not standard as Fennessy’s new cantata premieres

Everybody Loves the Sunshine is just one point of perfection in Roy Ayers’ truly ubiquitous legacy | Alexis Petridis

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Ayers’ genre-bending jazz-funk sound produced one fantastic album after another – and then found a new lease of life in hip-hop sampling…
Everybody Loves the Sunshine is just one point of perfection in Roy Ayers’ truly ubiquitous legacy | Alexis Petridis

Roy Ayers obituary

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Jazz-soul vibraphonist and band leader best known for his laid-back summer track Everybody Loves the Sunshine…
Roy Ayers obituary

Gracie Abrams review – telling references tied together in a big, bland bow

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Her songs recall Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers, so much so it’s hard not to wish you were listening to them instead. Not that that bothers her excitable young fans…
Gracie Abrams review – telling references tied together in a big, bland bow

The Wiggles on singing with Dolly Parton in their starry country era: ‘We are friends of Dorothy!’

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – From collaborating with Parton and Orville Peck to viral TikToks and, of course, the Tree of Wisdom: for their 63rd album (yes really), the Wiggles mean big business…
The Wiggles on singing with Dolly Parton in their starry country era: ‘We are friends of Dorothy!’

Annie Lennox and friends review – a euphoric celebration of female solidarity

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – In her first performance since 2019, Lennox’s rare charisma makes her the star attraction during a fundraiser that also includes Nadine Shah, Beverley Knight and Celeste…
Annie Lennox and friends review – a euphoric celebration of female solidarity

Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen review – a quirky move to the mainstream

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – The US artist segues from industrial metal to radio-friendly pop most memorable for its vividly relatable lyrics…
Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen review – a quirky move to the mainstream

Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie review – a life-affirming journey through dance music

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – On her seventh album, delayed by personal tragedy, the US producer calls in collaborators aplenty on a high-energy set interspersed with tender moments…
Tokimonsta: Eternal Reverie review – a life-affirming journey through dance music

Dolly Parton dedicates new song to late husband Carl Dean

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – US country singer says If You Hadn’t Been There is tribute to her husband of nearly 60 years, who died this week…
Dolly Parton dedicates new song to late husband Carl Dean

The Tubs: Cotton Crown review – a blistering, joy-to-heartbreak masterpiece

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – The London-based Welsh rockers follow up their great 2023 debut with more supercharged guitar, vintage songcraft – and a devastating conclusion…
The Tubs: Cotton Crown review – a blistering, joy-to-heartbreak masterpiece

Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – The north-east London rapper’s new album mines his family’s past and society’s present to explore what it means to call a place home…
Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’

Brian James, founding guitarist of the Damned, dies aged 74

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – James was the lead songwriter for the trailblazing British punks’ first album Damned Damned Damned and went on to collaborate with artists such as Iggy Pop…
Brian James, founding guitarist of the Damned, dies aged 74

‘I ate acid for two months straight. It was the best time of my life’: Americana anarcho-punk Sunny War on booze, drugs and the KKK

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – She’s the finger-picking blueswoman whose life was changed by the punk band Crass – and went viral for busking while homeless. She talks about ghosts, her ‘smelly’ childhood and fighting the far right…
‘I ate acid for two months straight. It was the best time of my life’: Americana anarcho-punk Sunny War on booze, drugs and the KKK

Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea review – cataclysmic throat-shredding with a side serving of soul

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – The Canadian metal band’s second album is an adventure in songcraft, from boulders of invective to ruminative, poppy grooves…
Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea review – cataclysmic throat-shredding with a side serving of soul

Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – (ACT)With bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Eric Schaefer, the German pianist’s unpredictable live album nimbly traverses the genre’s history…
Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

New Order review – classics front and centre, but electronic pop pioneers can still surprise

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Among Joy Division anthems and dancefloor classics that conjured the Haçienda’s heyday, the Mancunian icons showed they can still switch it up…
New Order review – classics front and centre, but electronic pop pioneers can still surprise

High suicide rates show music industry ‘profoundly dangerous’, researchers say

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Calls for more support as study finds musicians in England and US have among highest rates of suicide…
High suicide rates show music industry ‘profoundly dangerous’, researchers say
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