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The geeky-girl solo artists descending on the music scene

09.11.09

Kookiness is what sells music these days and these opinionated artists have it in spades, says Jasmine Gardner... more

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

Doctor Parnassus isTerry Gilliam's flying circus

16.10.09

There are plenty of wild ideas in Terry Gilliam's latest epic � The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus - but his flights of fancy don't really lead anywhere.... 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

Deliciously deranged songs from Tiger Lillies

30.04.09

Never mind Hilaire Belloc, here are The Tiger Lillies; the junk-opera trio of Martyn Jacques, Adrian Stout and Adrian Huge.... more

CDs of the week

24.04.09

Bob Dylan returns with his 33rd studio album, The Enemy reinvent themselves as rock gods and the Handsome Family get mellow.... more

Off the record: Do try this at home, kids

17.04.09

Roll over Barney the Dinosaur and tell Big Bird the news � in Ziggy Marley, the under-fives have a new kind of musical idol.... more

Eliza Carthy fizzes with energy

26.03.09

Fairport Convention headlined a night of folk with strong supporting musicians, all of whom played for free for the Teenage Cancer Trust. ... more

Well, I got blanket coverage in NYC

20.01.09

Barack Obama is set for a tumultuous, relieved and heart-lifing welcome today, not least in New York where Time Out has a whole section devoted to where you can celebrate the end of the Bush years and the must-have gadget is a clock that counts down the seconds to the arrival of St Barack... more

CDs of the week

03.10.08

Noel Gallagher has allowed Liam more songwriting input than ever before on their seventh album and Jolie Holland is worth investigating.... more

CDs of the week

05.09.08

Joan Baez continues to keep her hand in with protest songs, Metallica won't gain new fans and Glasvegas bring out the debut album of the year.... more

The next big thing: Calexico

04.09.08

An American duo - singer and guitarist Joey Burns plus drummer John Convertino - who have spent the past 12 years seeking most of their musical inspiration down Mexico way.... more

Off the record

30.05.08

My Morning Jacket perform a gorgeous new song in the back of a cab and the Connaught has a musical makeover.... more

Shooting star: Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut

12.03.08

Scarlett Johansson's acting has won her many plaudits, but now the ambitious star has stepped behind the camera to maker her directorial debut... more

Stepping out the shadows

29.01.08

Once a humble supporting act, singer-pianist Liane Carroll finds herself back at Ronnie Scott's a fully-fledged star.... more

Off the record

18.01.08

With album sales falling and EMI in trouble, David Smyth says its time we got our big names out for a Brit Awards ceremony to remember.... more

Staggeringly awful

22.11.07

Wristcutters: A Love Story is a rubbish film that features Patrick Fugit entering an afterlife reserved for suicides.... more

Mavericks of malignance

29.10.07

The 10 plagues visited upon Egypt revisited the Barbican in song form, making for an unparalleled evening of pestilence.... more

Drowned in the hubbub

29.10.07

The first of two nights at KoKo for Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, was a curiously flat affair and her music deserved better than a wretched sound.... more

CDs of the week

31.08.07

New albums from Hard-Fi, Kano and Spike Wells are among the top CDs of the week. ... more

Joni's dark twin

20.07.07

Rickie Lee Jones may look like a distressed grandmother but she remains tack-sharp as a performer... more

Off the record: David Smyth

06.07.07

It's official - music can be deafening. But is it too late for our pop critic to save his hearing?... more

The nobody who won a Novello

01.06.07

David Smyth this week looks at guitarist-turned-singer Scott Matthews, some downloadable White Stripes and Kanye West's latest eclectic offering.... 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

The future is bright

14.02.07

American bands Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Cold War Kids both have promising futures after a mesmerising display at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, says John Aizlewood.... 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

CDs of the week

17.11.06

There's a new Beatles album out that will make purists fume, Tom Waits releases 30 new songs on three exquisitely packaged CDs and former Busted boy Matt Willis goes solo with mixed results.... more

The hottest new downloads

06.10.06

From country music via Tom Waits and a new singer-songwriter to a site that's more indie than indie, David Smyth checks out the week's best downloads.... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Gigs

15.09.06

Texan singer-songwriter Jolie Holland plays the Roundhouse, the Scissor Sisters play free in Trafalgar square and Mekon are at Fabric. David Smyth selects the cream of this weekend's gigs.... more