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The lives and loves of Paloma Faith

23.10.09
Paloma Faith, actress, singer, magician's assistant and burlesque dancer, is a startling talent. Hermione Eyre meets the inventive eccentric who always knew she would be famous... more

CDs of the week

04.09.09
Jamie T's new album is witty, gritty and well worth the wait and Charlie Wilson is, in many ways, a musical throwback.... more

Gigs of the week

17.07.09
Madstock and Lovebox take over Victoria Park, Morrissey plays Brixton Academ and Calvin Harris is at Somerset House.... more

CDs of the week

13.03.09
Peter Doherty releases his first solo album and Marianne Faithfull is probably best listened to under the influence.... more

All eyes on Watchmen

05.03.09
The crime-fighters are under attack and nuclear war looms in the big screen version of Alan Moore's cult graphic novel - Watchmen.... more

CDs of the week

21.11.08
The Killers' third album, Day & Age, is full of catchy pop songs but none that sound like anthems and there are definite hits on Alesha Dixon's record.... more

Lizz Wright sings the blues away

15.07.08
Jack Massarik wonders whether any other singer has dispensed heartbreak in such lavish proportions as Lizz Wright.... more

Singer Corinne Bailey Rae's 'hard-partying' husband dies of suspected drugs overdose

23.03.08
The husband of soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has died after a suspected drugs overdose. Police found Jason Rae's body after being called to his home in Leeds. It is not known whether his wife, who is best known for the hit Put Your Records On, was with him when he died... more

Vocal honours about even

13.03.08
Fired by the challenge, the two jazz rivals, Anita Wardell and Natalie Williams, locked larynxes with gusto.... more

Meeting of the diva misfits

27.02.08
The little-known friendship of the black jazz diva Ella Fitzgerald and white Hollywood sex goddess Marilyn Monroe makes for an absorbing piece of theatre... more

The man who made London swing again

20.11.07
Richard Godwin talks to Will Gresford, manager of the most innovative jazz club in the world, Vortex.... more

Acrobatic thrills and spills

07.11.07
Pumping house music and 'erotic aerialists' make uneasy companions to complex, ambitious dishes at The Brickhouse.... more

Piaf might regret a thing or two

21.06.07
A stunning performance from Marrion Cotilard lifts La Vie En Rose, a film that leaves us none the wiser about the extraordinary life of France's best loved singer.... more

CDs of the week

01.06.07
Ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, the third album from Dizzee Rascal and the return of Marc Almond are among the week's musical highlights.... more

A quiet voice that makes a huge impact

09.05.07
Understated American pop act Simone White shows reviewer Sophie Harris that sometimes a whisper can be more powerful than a shout.... more

Chan marshals her forces for a triumph

02.05.07
Self-confessed stage fright sufferer Chan Marshall, who once put on the worst gig David Smyth had ever seen, performed a much improved show at the Forum.... more

Absolute Beginners grow up

24.04.07
A new stage adaptation of the 1958 cult novel puts back what the sanitised film version left out, says director Liam Steel - all the sex, race and rock'n'roll. ... more

Indifferent anarchy from punk posturing Peyroux

18.04.07
Folksy jazz warbler Madeleine Peyroux showed an almost wilful indifference to intonation or melody at her lacklustre Hammersmith Apollo gig.... more

Off the record: David Smyth

16.03.07
David Smyth ponders over Starbucks' move into the music business, the coffee company's imminent signing of Paul McCartney, and Steven Seagal's upcoming Shepherds Bush Empire gig.... more

I feel loved in London

16.02.07
As The Glass Menagerie opens to West End acclaim despite flopping on Broadway, Jessica Lange, now 57, confessses to first-night nerves and tells how she's still a rebel at heart.... more

Tragic story of Europe's Billie Holiday

12.02.07
La Vie En Rose is a biopic of Edith Piaf, the iconic singer who died of drink and drug abuse. Despite its faults, the film left several audience members with tears in their eyes.... more

Magic medicine from the singing nurse

05.01.07
Former Army nurse Louise Parker started her singing career relatively late but has been steadily making up for lost time.... more

A singer on Holiday

14.12.06
Madeleine Peyroux's fans have been warned there is a temperamental artiste lurking beneath her unglamorous exterior but there was no evidence of volatility on her visit to the Barbican.... more

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