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Paloma Faith, Koko, London
Close your eyes and you could be listening to Amy Winehouse’s torchy melodrama. Open them and the comparison fades a little, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
Dirty Projectors, Bowery Ballroom, New York
Returning to New York after a worldwide tour, the band dubbed by New York magazines as the definitive Brooklyn sound was virtuosic, if not brimming with energy, writes Emily Stokes
Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream
Reality show star’s fast-selling debut album
Rihanna: Rated R
Singer’s violent assault hangs over fourth album
Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend of a Friend
Sideman-guitarist steps up to the mic in his debut solo outing
Martha Wainwright: Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris
A set of Edith Piaf covers recorded in a New York theatre
Leona Lewis: Echo
Second album of the 2006 ‘X-Factor’ winner
Norah Jones: The Fall
The pop-jazz chanteuse’s languorous voice is diverted into moody alt-country
50 Cent: Before I Self-Destruct
Rapper’s attempt to prove he still has his edge
John Mayer: Battle Studies
Unassuming soft-rock, with smooth vocals and polished bluesy solos
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