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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Asynchrone: Plastic Bamboo — jazzy reworkings of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s music

      Textures of the late Japanese composer’s songs are radically reimagined, but the melodies shine through

      The six-member Asynchrone (some standing, others seated) look seriously at the camera
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Doja Cat: Scarlet — rapper puts freedom over fans with smart hip-hop

      The Californian’s lyrics have a sure ear for rhyme and range from crude to absurd

      Female pop artist Doja Cat poses in front of old TV sets wearing a pink sleeveless top and a mini skirt
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Kylie Minogue: Tension — Padam Padam sets unmatchable peak

      The lead single is no late-career fluke, even if this is not all vintage Kylie

      Kylie Minogue holds a large gemstone over her eye, her face bathed in a green light while a bright background fades from yellow to orange
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde — a fluffy treat of an opera

      The London Philharmonic Orchestra performs this rarity in sparkling style

      Anne-Catherine Gillet, with a brown ponytail and wearing a striped shirt, smiles
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Review
      Joshua Redman: Where Are We — a bittersweet musical odyssey across America

      The saxophonist covers songs with connections to US places with thought and bite

      Joshua Redman (second from left), with pianist Aaron Parks, vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, vibraphonist Joel Ross and bassist Joe Sanders
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Review
      Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma! album review — reviving the 1940s Broadway sound

      John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London use period instruments and the full score for the first time

      Sierra Boggess, in a hot pink cardigan, sings with her arms raised at a recording microphone
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Review
      Mitski: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We — richly sonorous mysteries

      The artist’s songs continue to inspire with considerable lyricism and meaning that must be decoded

      Black and white photo of a young woman crouching in a kimono
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Review
      Corinne Bailey Rae opens a new chapter with Black Rainbows

      The singer’s fourth album has a different energy from its predecessors, inspired by an artist’s residency in the US

      A woman stands against an olive background wearing a sequined black top with tulle rising dramatically from the shoulders
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Review
      Sinikka Langeland: Wind and Sun — Nordic folk that ponders the eternal

      The Norwegian musician sets Jon Fosse’s elliptical poetry to shining kantele

      Sinikka Langeland wearing a headdress shaped like a cow’s ears and horns, standing on a grassy bank surrounded by her band in front of a large body of water and trees beyond
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Review
      Olivia Rodrigo: Guts album review — quick-witted post-Taylor-Swift pop

      The 20-year-old returns with emo-adjacent pop-punk and bombast-free ballads

      A portrait photo of Olivia Rodrigo, with wavy chestnut hair and a black lace top
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Review
      Róisín Murphy: Hit Parade — amid the controversy is an album worth listening to

      The Irish singer has been in the headlines for other reasons but her new release resembles an eccentric chill-out mix

      A woman with striking blue eyes looks straight at the camera
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Review
      Yuja Wang takes flight in Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

      This top-quality recording captures a virtuosic performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

      Yuja Wang in a lime-green dress playing a grand piano
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Review
      Royal Blood: Back to the Water Below — rock’s supposed saviours reach their limit

      There are clear echoes of Jack White and Muse but lack of originality is mitigated by a sure ear for riff-making

      Royal Blood’s Ben Thatcher, wearing a baseball cap, and Mike Kerr, wearing a polka-dotted shirt, bathed in a blue light
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Review
      Pygmalion: Vespro della Beata Vergine — a nimble take on the Monteverdi masterpiece

      The French period-instrument ensemble and choir are light in gait and soft-edged in tone

      Black and white photo of women singing
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Review
      Puma Blue: Holy Waters — bedroom pop takes a big step forward

      Jacob Allen’s second album has moved on from his intimate, hazy style

      Puma Blue stands in front of a closed doorway in a stone wall, covering his eyes with his fingertips
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Review
      BlankFor.ms, Moran & Gilmore: Refract — an absorbing jazz-meets-electronica set

      This freewheeling weave of tape loops, piano and drums captures the feel of a tight-working band

      Three men sit on a wooden beam in front of a garage door covered in graffiti
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Review
      Maluma: Don Juan — a dance-floor lothario back to his old tricks

      With party tunes and raunchy lyrics aplenty, the South American megastar gives his fan base what they want

      A man in black turtleneck with cornrows looks smouldering
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Review
      Massenet: Ariane presents a vivid operatic spectacle

      Impressive singing and sensuous music from the Bavarian Radio Choir and Munich Radio Orchestra capture the melodrama of this ancient myth

      The Bavarian Radio Choir and the Munich Radio Orchestra with a conductor perform on a vast stage in front of an audience
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Review
      Victoria Monét: Jaguar II — golden-age R&B meets classic disco

      With slinky melodies and dreamy harmonies, the LA singer-songwriter sounds entirely in her element in her debut record

      A woman in a silver mesh top sings into a microphone as her hair blows in the wind
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Review
      Oki: Live at Café Oto album review — hypnotic folk music from northern Japan

      A 2022 gig by the Japanese musician and his family combining Ainu tradition with dub reggae effects

      A woman and a man stand smiling in blue kimono-like outfits next to a younger man in a blue jacket and headscarf
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Review
      Jon Batiste: World Music Radio — the Grammy winner loses his place

      The musician’s concept album about global music and inclusiveness fails to take off

      A man sits on a boulder next to a grammophone and archaic tech equipment. Behind him are rolling mountains
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Review
      Hozier: Unreal Unearth — solitude, spirituality and a touch of Dante

      The singer’s roar is as impressive as ever but he also deploys other vocal styles to fine effect in his third album

      A pensive-looking Hozier seated against a twilight-like sea of colors in the background
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Review
      The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions captures a standout legacy

      The joy, natural flair and invention of the pianist’s music fills this six-CD set

      Sonny Clark in a suit belly down on the floor, his hands on a giant faux piano keyboard
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Review
      La Rêveuse captures a changing musical scene in London Circa 1740

      The disc traces the move away from Handel’s Baroque to the newly fashionable, lighter galant style

      The members of La Rêveuse with their instruments
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Review
      Jungle: Volcano — a solid summer soundtrack

      Snappy songs featuring guests from both sides of the Atlantic sound dancefloor-ready

      Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, both in sunglasses, stand smiling in a warm amber light. Tom wears an abstract patterned shirt and casts a shadow against a wall and Josh wears a checked coat and trousers
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