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JuJu + Bombino, Barbican - review

26.09.11
JuJu are gripping to watch and thrilling to listen to with the music always sounding rough, ready and right... more

CDs of the week: Kasabian and Tony Bennett

16.09.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

CDs of the week: Jay-Z and Kanye West and Nero

12.08.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

WOMAD, Charlton Park, Malmesbury - review

01.08.11
WOMAD hasn't suffered from the surfeit of festivals or falling attendance or a shortage of headline bands... more

CDs of the week

28.01.11
Our music critics round up this week's biggest CD releases... ... more

Traditional meets modern in tribute to Ali Farka Touré

03.06.10
A show billed as a tribute to Ali Farka Touré was a sprawling, celebratory affair that hit the mark more than it missed it.... more

Sound Check: A whole new world for Rokia Traoré

16.04.10
Rokia Traoré is not only putting Mali on the map, she’s bringing her seductive brand of crossover African music to a more mainstream audience... more

CDs of the week

19.02.10
Marina & the Diamonds offer fun music and Tom McRae's new album shows he is getting better at his craft.... more

Best CDs of 2008

19.12.08
From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year.... more

CDs of the week

27.06.08
The Subways harmonise well but nothing stands out as the song to take them to the next level and Dirty Pretty Things need a bigger budget. ... 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

Musical roots

29.04.08
Back to the Source was about the African roots of the banjo - echoing the sentiments of Otis Taylor's recent album.... more

CDs of the week

22.02.08
A five-star debut from Duffy, Janet Jackson's monstrously long new album and the extreme beauty of Goldfrapp.... more

CDs of the week

14.12.07
A bumper collection from Simon and Garfunkel and some prog rock from Pink Floyd are among the CDs of the week.... more

CDs of the week

03.08.07
This week's CD releases include The Coral, Molly Johnson and cockney-voiced artist Kate Nash, Lilly Allen's hottest competitor.... more

CDs of the week

11.05.07
An impressive showing from Wilco, soul stardom for Amerie and jazz man Joshua Redman makes a strong comeback... more

CDs of the week

30.03.07
Macy Gray's fourth album, Tennessee's Kings of Leon, a jazz pianist from Ghent and Mali's top ngoni player all release albums this week.... more

Jazz, blues and sun from the Sahara

27.03.07
An able young choreographer, Henri Oguike is also a charismatic dancer. Sarah Frater found him both feline and emphatic, ground based and airy, strong as steel and as silky as kittens.... more

CDs of the week

02.03.07
This week sees the release of new albums by Montreal's ludicrously hip Arcade Fire plus Willy Mason and the return of The Stooges.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

CDs of the week

27.10.06
Songbird showcases Willie Nelson's tough, delicate tones, the first Who album in 24 years is released and Make Believe lacks a certain spark.... more

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