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Ludovic Hunter-Tilney has been writing for the FT since 1998.
In 2014 he won the London Press Club’s Arts Reviewer of the year award. He lives in London.
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The Yorkshire fourpiece resurrect the genre with jostling, lively songs
The singer has broken new ground, but their fourth album is less revelatory
Creatively radical Californian who pushed The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to break new ground
The foursome’s new record offers plenty of fun, at least until the buzz wears off
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Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too $hort are showing their age
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