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Jacques Brel c'est moi

09.10.09

Drunks, whores and death stalk the songs of the great Belgian singer. It was love on first listen, says Marc Almond.... more

Only the net could catch a Tongan nasal flautist

07.09.09

Among the many curious delights of the British Library's extraordinary audio archive of world and traditional music is a haunting field recording of an Australian aborigine crying for a dead companion... more

Udderbelly will have us laughing all the way to Southbank

27.05.09

A new comedy festival in a cow-shaped tent by the Thames aims to bring some Edinburgh spirit to London.... more

E�tv�s is the modern music man

30.07.08

After a space shuttle concerto and a psalm about Frank Zappa, next month Peter E�tv�s will unveil his new M�rquez opera at Glyndebourne. ... more

Viva Maria, solo star

28.03.08

Maria Friedman is a charismatic performer who knows how to woo an audience - so she can be excused if she sometimes sounds a little tired.... more

Brel's brilliance captured

07.01.08

Fifteen of the more than 400 songs that Jacques Brel wrote are sung with remarkable passion in both French and English during Judith Paris's solo play.... more

Almond gets all emotional

10.07.07

80s star Marc Almond celebrated his 50th birthday with a joyous and emotional gig at the Shepherd's Bush Empire... more

A solitary Walker

26.04.07

Stephen Kijak's tribute film contains rare interviews with the modest poet and songwriter Scott Walker, the influential hero of people like Bowie, Radiohead and Brian Eno.... more

Puppets and people live side by side

29.01.07

Inspired by Charles Bukowski's alcohol-fuelled short stories, Low Life is a grown-up cabaret show of puppetry, losers and deadbeats.... more

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