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  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
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    Jazz boxset captures the legacy of V-Discs and the music that boosted wartime morale

    The 11 discs here contain some of the 8mn records shipped to front lines between 1943 and 1949

    A black and white photo of a trombonist and a trumpeter, both smartly dressed and wearing ties
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
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    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge: Palestrina Revealed album review — lithe and balanced

    Director of music Graham Ross and the choir present five world premiere recordings of sacred works by Palestrina

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
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    Moonchild Sanelly’s Full Moon — independence, pleasure and ribaldry

    The vocalist incorporates South African dance genres into a style of music she calls ‘future ghetto funk’

    A woman with thick blue braids and large metal earrings staring nonchalantly at the camera against a lavender background
  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
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    Ives Denk — Jeremy Denk and Stefan Jackiw celebrate an American maverick

    Charles Ives’s violin and piano sonatas are given joyous performances in a two-disc set marking his 150th anniversary

  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
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    Bob Neuwirth — boozy, boogying country-rock

    The late musician was best known as Bob Dylan’s consigliere, but this remastered edition of his 1974 debut brings him into the spotlight

  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
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    Even the Forest Hums — the rich music of Soviet Ukraine

    Compilation of songs from 1971 to 1996 captures the country’s last decades in the bloc and its first years of independence

    A black-and-white photo of a woman with long dark hair wearing a headband, holding a violin, and looking directly at the camera
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
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    Davy Graham boxset celebrates one of the great British folk revivalists

    ‘He Moved Through The Fair: The Complete 1960s Recordings’ traces the musician’s influence across eight discs

    A black-and-white photograph of a man wearing a cap, waistcoat and shirt, playing an acoustic guitar
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
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    Parisian trio Juniore intoxicate in Sixties throwback Trois, Deux, Un — album review

    Plus, Tindersticks make a soulful and quietly insistent return with ‘Soft Tissue’

    Two women in white stand beside a figure in black, whose face is hidden beneath a black hat. They are illuminated by a blue-green light, surrounded by shimmering, water-like reflections
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    What to watch, listen to and play this Christmas
    The best 2024 albums to listen to over Christmas

    From Charli XCX’s buzz summer hit to English Teacher’s debut, our pop critic picks the year’s releases to catch up on

  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
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    Jakob Bro: Taking Turns — warm landscapes and shifting textures

    Recorded a decade ago, the Danish guitarist’s slowly unfolding harmonies give space to an excellent ensemble

    A head and shoulders shot of a man with curly brown hair, beard and glasses
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
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    Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas — a highly entertaining pick‘n’mix

    The composer-conductor’s works are given first-rate performances by a starry array of soloists and orchestras

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  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
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    WH Lung strike a consistently rhapsodic note in Every Inch of Earth Pulsates

    Plus, Haitian-American rapper Mach-Hommy pulls off verbal twists and turns in ‘#RICHAXXHAITIAN’

    Four members of WH Lung pose against a white background partially covered by an orange sheet, while a fifth member stands in front of the sheet
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    Saint Etienne: The Night — atmospheric nocturnal songs

    Lyrics convey impressions and fragmentary thoughts to evoke a state between waking and sleeping

    Two men in turtleneck sweaters and blazers sit at a wooden table with a blond woman in a double-breasted jacket, with mugs and a plate of biscuits in front of them
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    Rosé: Rosie — Blackpink star seeks to show the real her in solo debut

    The singer, real name Roseanne Park, sings with feeling on decent but ultimately generic songs

    A woman with blond ringlets sits on a deck chair, resting her chin on one hand, with a pink wall in the background
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
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    Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No 1 and Tone Poems — lavishly romantic

    Conductor John Wilson fires up the drama, with the BBC Philharmonic at the top of its game

    A black-and-white photograph of a man with a thick mustache, staring directly at the camera with an unsmiling expression
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
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    The Unthanks: In Winter — a bleak, lovely Christmas folk album

    The group channel their icy sound into medieval carols and newer songs

    Two women wrapped up in warm clothing sit by a fire on a sandy beach
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Review
    Lucinda Williams brings Abbey Road magic to a new set of Beatles covers

    The album is the latest in a series of tribute records released by the Louisiana-raised roots-rocker

    A blonde woman with bangs, wearing a leather jacket, sits on a staircase, resting her hand and chin on an electric guitar
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Review
    Mina: Gassa d’Amante — Italian pop diva displays her undiminished power

    The ‘Tigress of Cremona’ continues to sing with vigour on her 76th studio album

    A black and white photo of a woman wearing dark eyeshadow and lipstick, taken close up
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Review
    Out of/Into: Motion 1 — energetic new album spotlights Blue Note stars

    The label’s breakthrough headliners perform on an original set ranging from the ecstatic to the contemplative

    Five men seated around a table in a leather dining booth, looking at the camera with neutral expressions
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Review
    Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie — joyous rhythms and glinting clarity

    Yuja Wang shines as the solo pianist alongside a never-better Boston Symphony Orchestra

    A male conductor dressed in dark blue performs onstage with an orchestra and a female solo pianist in a sparkly dress
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Review
    Mary Coughlan: Repeat Rewind — fleeting encounters and irresistible hooks

    The Irish singer is in fine style for songs about romance and memory

    A woman with long auburn hair in a black coat trimmed with feathers stands in front of a ruined building
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Review
    Opeth: The Last Will and Testament — family secrets are spilled in growling concept album

    The Swedish prog-metal band’s 14th record is based around the reading of a will after the death of a wealthy patriarch

    Five men in early 20th-century dress stand in the reception hall of an elegant house. One of them holds a cane and sits on a table.
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Review
    Brett Dean: Viola and Cello Concert — uneasy moods and nocturnal landscapes

    The London Philharmonic performs seven works by the Australian composer in this handsome memento of his residency

    A man with a white beard and red shirt smiles and sits in front of a colourful abstract painted background
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Review
    Kendrick Lamar raises the bar again with the dazzlingly pacy GNX

    The rapper seems inspired by his recent feud with Drake in songs riffing on rivalry, loyalty and status

    A man stands in front of a black sports car
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Review
    Father John Misty is on particularly extravagant form with Mahashmashana

    The American singer-songwriter continues his high-wire act on his sixth studio album

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