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Albums

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Review
    Pixey: Million Dollar Baby album review — self-taught singer-songwriter finds her own voice

    In her first full studio album, the proudly DIY multi-instrumentalist mixes Nineties influences with snappy hooks

    Pixey, with bleach-blond hair and wearing a brown shirt with a buckle attached to sleeves, stands against a black background holding a lighter with a flame
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Review
    No More Water by Meshell Ndegeocello — a powerful hymn of praise to James Baldwin

    To mark Baldwin’s centenary, the singer-songwriter and bassist offers a musical tribute that blends fury and fervour

    A black and white photo of Meshell Ndegeocello staring unsmiling directly at the camera, wearing a pin-striped blazer
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Review
    Iladi by Linda Sikhakhane — Coltrane’s spirit haunts South African jazz ceremony

    Ancestors of all kinds are honoured in this warm, inventive release by the South African saxophonist

    Linda Sikhanene sits with a saxophone on his lap wearing a mauve jumpsuit against a grey and lilac background
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Review
    New Dances of the League of David review — Schumann gets a contemporary twist

    Pianist David Kaplan performs 16 new commissions responding to Schumann’s dreamlike piano miniatures

    David Kaplan, wearing a dark suit and blue shirt, sits and leans an elbow over a a grand piano with one hand resting on the keys
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Review
    Ice Spice: Y2K! — debut stakes her claim as the princess of rap

    The Bronx rapper’s tracks have been designed for catchiness and brevity, but some fall prey to monotony

    A woman with short reddish orange hair in tight ringlets, poses against a purple and blue background wearing a sparkly black T-shirt with spiky purple lettering across the front
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Review
    MoonDial by Pat Metheny — solo guitar album is out of this world

    The jazz fusion pioneer employs a specially designed baritone guitar to offer psychedelic sounds and eclectic effects

    Pat Metheny, with long grey hair and wearing a blue checked shirt, poses smiling whilst holding a guitar against the background of an urban street
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Review
    As I Roved Out: A Story Of Celtic Rock 1968-78 — Irish tunes get a European twist

    This compilation includes many of the movement’s big hitters and includes artists from as far afield as Switzerland and Brittany

    A black and white photo of men in a garden playing musical instruments in front of a large speaker
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Review
    Aigul: five stars for Aigul Akhmetshina’s burnished debut album

    Singing excerpts from five operas, the rising star mezzo sounds as gloriously full-voiced as she does live

    Aigul Akhmetshina posing against a grey background, her long dark hair falling wildly over her shoulders and partially covering her face
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Review
    William Christie and Justin Taylor battle harpsichords in Conversation

    French master Gaspard Le Roux’s suites for two harpsichords are elegantly revived by these duelling instrumentalists

    A young man with dark hair sits next to an older man with white hair and glasses, both wearing dark suits in front of a red background
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Review
    Al Stewart: Past, Present & Future — five stars for remastered, decade-hopping album

    The spruced-up version of this folk-rock classic is accompanied by a surround-sound version and a 1974 live set

    A photo of a young Al Stewart in the 1970s with long, shaggy brown hair, looking off pensively into the distance
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Review
    Soft Play: Heavy Jelly — rockers return with laughter in the dark

    The band formerly known as Slaves are funnier and bleaker than before on their grief-inflected latest

    A black-and-white photograph of two young men sitting on a bench in a park
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Review
    Eminem: The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) — alter ego returns for another round of rapid-fire rap

    The veteran provocateur’s 12th album has tight beats and wide-ranging targets

    Black and white photo of a serious-looking man with close black beard
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Review
    Rema: HEIS — an Afrobeat star with blockbuster talent

    The Nigerian rapper shows he’s ready for primetime with an eclectic and impressively polished second album

    Rema poses unsmiling against a black background in a black cape exposing his chest covered with ornate tattoos. Next to him a bat flies under a bare tree branch
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Review
    Berwyn: Who Am I — debut album explores immigration and identity

    The Trinidad-born, London-raised rapper’s personal experiences as a migrant come front and centre

    A man sits on the ground between leather suitcases, bags and a backpack. He props up his his head with his fist whilst leaning his elbow on one of the suitcases
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Review
    Jake Xerxes Fussell: When I’m Called — folk songs brought back to life

    The North Carolina musician turns fragmentary music from across the Deep South into modern songs with an array of guests

    A man in a baseball cap and wearing an olive green T-shirt under a blue shirt stands under a tree and stares off to one side into the distance
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Review
    Academy of Ancient Music completes its uplifting cycle of Mozart’s piano concertos

    Performances are full of life and Robert Levin remains quick-witted as soloist

    A group of 18 musicians all wearing black stand holding their instruments in a large conservatory
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Review
    Anna: Vera Baddie — Italian rap with attitude

    This debut album shows the artist on swaggering form, scattering punchlines with mature confidence

    A woman wearing a baseball cap stands in front of a purple background, holding a microphone
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Review
    Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète — roller-skating opera gets rare recording

    Mark Elder and the LSO are compelling in this epic, little-performed work from the Aix festival

    Four male singers performing on stage in front of an orchestra and conductor, wearing black
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Review
    Megan Thee Stallion is back on fighting form in new album Megan

    The hip-hop star pulls no punches in this self-funded release, the first from her own label

    A woman wearing a bikini-like outfit stands on stage holding a microphone
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Review
    Jihye Lee Orchestra: Infinite Connections — big-band sound with a Korean kick

    Jazz meets a vibrant range of influences in the Korean-American bandleader’s third album

    A woman with long dark hair wears a cream top and oat jacket
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Review
    James Blake & Lil Yachty: Bad Cameo — electro-soul meets surreal rap

    In a mesmerising collaboration, the two musicians entwine very different styles

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Review
    Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes — an acoustic experiment from a singular talent

    The Guatemalan musician’s new record offers art-pop songs that are affecting, engrossing and richly textured

    A woman with brown wavy hair stands in front of a piano with a black cello case leaning against it. A synth sits on top of the piano which is also next to a microphone
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Review
    Hiatus Kaiyote: Love Heart Cheat Code — a party soundtrack for hot nights

    The Melbourne quartet’s fourth album is irrepressibly joyous and alluringly weird

    A woman wearing orange sunglasses stands in front of three men lit in deep blue light
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Review
    Composer Michael Berkeley is joined by famous friends on ‘Collaborations’

    Neil Tennant and David Gilmour are among the many notable guests in this diverse and intriguing programme of music

    Neil Tennant, with white hair and black frame glasses and wearing a black turtleneck, poses unsmiling with his hand under his chin
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Review
    Been Stellar: Scream from New York, NY — new rock band thrum with vitality

    The fivesome’s debut album has the roaring momentum of a young band ready to go

    The five members of Been Stellar sitting languorously on wooden benches like those found in an old passenger ferry
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