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Your guide to a disrupted world
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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His journey through disenchantment and depression has led to fierce lines and unquenchable self-confidence
The superstar treads a tightrope between standing up for the disadvantaged and flaunting her own hard-won privilege
Sprinkled with star guests, the album anticipates a post-pandemic era of clubbing and hedonism
This horror movie-themed album recalls the black depths of cinema
The singer-songwriter’s second album, about waking up to life, could do with being less mainstream
This acoustic album is a mellow twin to its predecessor, ‘Fear of the Dawn’, but just as rewarding
The singer draws on Prince, hip-hop and positive thinking for her fourth record
The controversial actor sings on a dire collection of covers with one of rock’s greatest guitarists
The Californian narrates the collapse of a relationship through 1970s soul and bossa nova
The singer updates classic Americana with tracks about strong women in the music industry
The Londoners’ twisty, noisy songs were at once unruly and technically precise at this hometown gig
With guest spots from Ed Sheeran and J Hus, the Nigerian musician is in confident, melodious form
The Brixton musician and producer’s debut conjures the stresses of urban life with a scrappy musical energy
The Californian singer’s vociferous young followers screamed approval for her heartache tracks
She has overcome racism and sexism to become a recording artist and now head of her own production company
This posthumous album from the German electronic music pioneer pays homage to Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ novels
The singer-songwriter searches for meaning in natural landscapes, passing seasons and the domestic sphere
Pay and play in the shadow of a Brutalist icon, an 18th-century church or a flyover
The US rapper stuns; plus a blistering show from Jack White and a ‘legends’ set by Motown great Diana Ross
Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish were the oldest and youngest solo acts to headline a festival that attracted a broad spectrum of ages
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his best mid-year reads
Her defiance of industry convention is an act of racial and feminist liberation — with a modern twist
The singer’s fourth album is an adroit piece of storytelling with a sure-footed sense of timing
‘It’s all good if you don’t get it yet’, the rapper announced after the release of his seventh LP. ‘We wait for you to catch up’
She is co-head of global talent giant WME’s music division and has 90 of her own clients
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