If you're a gritty Londoner you'll forgive the menu at The Big Red Bus for the sheer sense of adventure. And how often do you get to sit in an elevated section of the DLR listening to Billie Holiday?... more
The Minnelli experience was surprisingly life-affirming, whether it was her comically awful Cockney accent or the way in which those new hips gyrated during Alexander's Ragtime Band... more
One evening Spanish altoist Perico Sambeat met American pianist Bruce Barth and their two-handed version of one of Billie Holiday's less covered songs, Some Other Spring, sparked a touch of magic... more
The groundbreaking graphics of L.A. Noire, launched today, are matched by a sultry, seductive soundtrack that is bound to score as highly as the computer game... more
At the age of 51, Tim Robbins has taken the plunge and he’s swimming in similar Americana-influenced waters to Billy Bob Thornton and Kevin Costner... more
If Kate Nash was annoying before, at least she had some hits and hooks; this time it’s just bland and irritating. Plus, Paul Weller's lastest release.... more
Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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