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  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    Boomers, now is not the time to get stuck in a groove

    If you don’t mind lockdown, you’ll love the safe, predictable sound of Boom Radio

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Review
    Streamed concerts reach out to younger audiences

    Performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Opera Philadelphia and Voces8 feature works by contemporary composers

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Life of a Song
    Just Walkin’ in the Rain — a story of incarceration and redemption

    Johnny Bragg’s song was written in prison and earned him parole

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    InterviewFilm
    The many lives of punk pioneer Poly Styrene

    The singer, songwriter and poet is the subject of a new documentary co-written and directed by her daughter, Celeste Bell

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Slowthai’s Tyron feels unfocused and indecisive

    The rapper’s new album attempts to show different aspects of his personality but is let down by scrappy songwriting

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Django Django: Glowing in the Dark — deliriously enjoyable

    The London four piece’s fourth album shows that their exuberant sound remains as engaging as ever

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    The Weather Station expand on ecological themes in Ignorance

    From climate change to love, Tamara Lindeman’s songs tell stories of deliberate states of unawareness

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Karen Matheson: Still Time — intimate songs for a slowed-down world

    The Scottish folk singer combines the traditional and the new to reflect on current times

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Janinah Burnett: Love the Color of Your Butterfly — an unlikely musical blend pays off

    The soprano shifts gears impressively between jazz standards and opera arias

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  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    The Academy of Ancient Music give a fizzing performance in Eccles: Semele

    This first professional recording on period instruments marks a step forward for the 1705 opera

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    Review
    Orchestras and concert halls keep the streams flowing

    New online series have been launched by the San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw and Wigmore Hall

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Interview
    Tindersticks’ Stuart Staples on the band’s fight for survival

    The frontman discusses Distractions, an album born from a cancelled tour, and why they need to keep creating

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Review
    From Fleming to Netrebko, star singers shine online

    Entertaining new offerings include an Adam Guettel song cycle, a celebration of Atlanta and the latest from the Metropolitan Opera

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Life of a Song
    Heart of Glass — when Blondie went disco

    The New York band’s 1979 breakthrough hit caused disquiet among fans and band members; years later, all is forgiven

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    Musicians sing the blues as Covid and Brexit devastate sector

    Closure of venues to stem spread of coronavirus and EU visa problems leave artists struggling

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams — deceptively straightforward

    There are deep currents beneath the easy musical flow of the Londoner’s debut album

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Black Country, New Road forge their own path with For the First Time

    The seven-piece’s debut album mixes periods of reflective calm into frantic action

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight — an ill-suited stylistic shift

    The band’s attempt at a new direction into the usual singalong hard-rock proves to be a misstep

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    The best of TV and streaming this week
    King Rocker on Sky Arts rages against the dying of the limelight

    Stewart Lee looks back at The Prefects, one of the first UK punk bands, and 40 years of persistence

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Various artists: Indaba Is — meditations on post-apartheid South Africa

    Gauteng’s leading jazz musicians come together to address the state of the nation on this compilation album

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Binker and Moses: Escape the Flames — intense and impressively controlled

    The sax-and-drum duo compress a multitude of styles into this live album

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    ReviewAlbums
    Philadelphia Orchestra’s Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 — a virtuoso display

    Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a performance of tremendous drive and lyrical beauty

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Can parenthood give birth to great music?

    Raising a family is not exactly rock’n’roll, but two new albums suggest that it can be fertile territory

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Media
    Warner Music chief warns back catalogue gold rush could end in tears

    Rash of recent deals defy financial logic, says Steve Cooper

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Review
    Two Gothic offerings from OperaGlass Works and Boston Lyric Opera

    Filmed productions of Britten and Glass are haunting and imaginatively produced

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