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Ellen Reid turns climate emergency into grand opera while Samy Moussa picks up where Stravinsky left off
The singer staked out a space between folk, US roots music and hard rock — and threw in a few Led Zeppelin favourites
‘Fiat Lux’ brought vivid imagery to the Barbican while ‘Aloud’ made a gritty statement at the Royal Festival Hall
His drummer Clyde Stubblefield’s 20-second break on the track became one of the most sampled beats in music
At his peak, the maverick promoter owned some of London’s best-known venues and was involved in its most famous festivals
Performed in near darkness, the rapper and producer’s gig centred around his classic 1995 album Maxinquaye
Also in London: English National Opera’s Jenůfa is played as a gripping modern drama at the Coliseum
Jerrilynn Patton developed her dense, singular sound while working as a machinist
Top-selling album by singer Morgan Wallen helps genre rise to its strongest position in decades
Screams greeted her set of bossa novas and piano ballads at London’s Roundhouse
From a T-shirt by Bella Freud to vinyl records in aid of War Child
That’s not forgetting disco, orchestra and choir — on the Leeds band’s second album, sound is pushed to its limits
Inside the cult retailer selling rare scores, libretti and antiquarian books since 1960
The saxophonist has composed a four-part suite themed on the search for optimism in the daily grind
Tenor Cyrille Dubois interprets the best of the French composer’s song cycles with accompanist Tristan Raës
There are some nice lyrical touches as the Texas-raised singer takes stock in her sixth album
Mieczysław Weinberg’s work is superbly staged, played and sung at Munich’s National Theatre
Production of Britten’s opera at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, never puts a foot wrong
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner delivered shape-shifting music at the Hammersmith Apollo
Under pressure, the leader of Sly and the Family Stone came up with a sparse funky blues that baffled and beguiled
The singer’s latest is an apparently impulsive release recorded following her divorce
In brutal words spat like bullets, the rapper’s lyrics embrace being a bad boy who’s made good by being bad
Natasha Khan’s new album ‘The Dream of Delphi’ is tender, transformative and uses moving melodies to celebrate her daughter
Former Sonic Youth bassist takes aim at consumerism and masculinity against a barrage of imposing beats
Squealing sax and yowls give way to solemn songs in this self-titled album
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