DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Best of 2024 contemporary classical and electronica with Simon Duff
Concert of the Year? No doubt, Pat Metheny at the Barbican in late November...
Pat Metheny Orchestrion
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STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
IN a year of war and political upheaval, it’s a pity these tectonic shifts are not moving the musical dial in sufficient quantity.
The huge advances in immersive audio technology and the success of platforms such as Dolby Atmos should also be producing much more incisive movements. On the flip side, a strong year for contemporary spiritual and new ambient.
A notable release from ECM came in the form of a new recording of Arvo Part’s Tractus. Recorded by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the title refers to a series of theological writings by the English cardinal and saint John Henry Newman called Tracts for the Times (1843).
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