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The singer-songwriter’s first album comes nearly a decade after she arrived on the scene
Full, rich, atmospheric, this Chandos recording is top of the class
Traditional instruments are back in the protean songs of the Turkish singer’s latest record
The 29-year-old has made an assured third album where he opens his heart and shares the spotlight
The 11 tracks, named after colours, have an ambient, immersive feel in this collaborative album
Julien Schwarzer is a decent rapper but his gangster persona is made for the stage, not the streets
Strings are warmly lyrical and the overall blend rich in this Pentatone recording
Two volumes feature recordings made in Seattle’s Penthouse jazz club in the mid-sixties
The Californian musician has hit upon a stereophonic cure for her bourgeois strain of alienation
Songs are peopled by protagonists on lonely quests or struggling to survive in hostile surroundings
French-Algerian producer Nadjib Ben Bella and South African DJ Aero Manyelo are joined numerous vocalists and musicians on this buzzing debut
Joyce DiDonato is in radiant voice while the period ensemble get maximum feeling from the music
The French singer transforms into a male protagonist in this dramatic 1980s-inspired record
The American singer takes a nostalgic approach as he turns his attention to soul music for his second covers album
The trumpeter is joined by a diverse array of guests on this stylistically wide-ranging record
Les Ambassadeurs and La Grande Écurie show that digging out this earlier music was an exercise worth undertaking
The Canadian re-embraces hip-hop after his much-criticised house project ‘Honestly, Nevermind’
The composer traces the history of the Abenaki people, combining traditional songs with free jazz
The London-based DJ handles musical extremes with care on his latest record
The late drummer’s fluid rhythms remain, but a sharper attack offers something new
Led here by Daniel Barenboim, the orchestra is known for its cultivated style of playing — but the energy varies
The English singer and her band’s wide-ranging set list was crowdsourced from Twitter
Featuring guest saxophonist Greg Osby, the band show off their creativity across three unflagging sets
The singer-songwriter’s third release finds him less expressive and the music less extravagant than on its predecessors
Sentimentality is appealingly framed in the London producer’s latest record
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