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CDs of the week: Robbie Williams has a cracking comeback album

06.11.09

When Robbie Williams's pleasing, pleading voice is coupled with a background orchestra on Superblind he has something he's never previously come close to: gravitas.... more

Soundcheck: Musicians invading new genres

23.10.09

Pop can no longer contain Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, The BQE, is a multi-format extravaganza. And now there is a fresh ambition among musicians... more

CDs of the week

05.06.09

Little Boots arrives fresh out of Blackpool, Kasabian and The Black Eyed Peas return and Diana Krall sounds more fulfilled.... more

Dangerous games in a billionaires' playground

23.10.08

Earlier this year I rubbed St Tropez'd shoulders in Moscow with Polina Deripaska, the beautiful young wife of Oleg, the Russian billionaire whose yacht soirées have got first Peter Mandelson and now George Osborne into such trouble... more

Fact and fiction in Radioplay

10.10.08

It takes an Irish actor banished to remotest Cornwall in childhood to cook up a monologue as witty and fanciful as Radioplay.... more

Bacharach, Goldfrapp and a Bee Gee headline the Electric Proms

17.09.08

Burt Bacharach, Goldfrapp and Keane will top the bill at next month's Electric Proms... more

Bacharach and Goldfrapp to play Electric Proms

17.09.08

Burt Bacharach, Goldfrapp, Keane and Robin Gibb will top the bill at next month's BBC Electric Proms. ... more

Is she really going out with HIM? Meet the oddest celebrity couples around

05.09.08

As Michael Jackson and Pamela Anderson are reported to have stepped out on secret dates, we reveal the weirdest celebrity pairings ever.... more

Gwilym Simcock is dazzling poet of the keyboard

11.08.08

In a weekend packed with premieres, Simcock's Progressions wins the prize for enlightened commissioning, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Jamie Cullum and his giant peach Sophie Dahl hunt for a love nest

31.07.08

Sophie Dahl and her boyfriend Jamie Cullum are buying a house together. ... more

Public votes Lyttelton BBC jazz artist of the year

22.07.08

Musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton was named artist of the year at this year's BBC Jazz Awards... more

CDs of the week

16.05.08

Green Day are back under pseudonym Foxboro Hot Tubs; making retro, carefree garage rock, The Tom Richards Orchestra is a gentle giant and The Ting Tings release their debut.... more

Little and large celebrity couples turn out for Ł1,000-a-head banquet

14.03.08

Singers Mick Jagger and Jamie Cullum were left looking positively pint-sized last night as they arrived with their statuesque girlfriends at a charity banquet in London... more

Ł1,000 'beggars banquet' stars Mick Jagger

14.03.08

It was the charity banquet with a difference, a £1,000-ahead five-course meal made of ingredients all grown, plucked or fished from in and around London... more

Ray stays on the sunny side

19.12.07

Bouncy Anglo-Italian tenorist Ray Gelato combines the soul of an artist with a crowdpleaser's hunger for applause.... more

Viennese master's glorious send-off

26.11.07

Martin France drummed with more venom than usual and Django Bates played magnificently in an all-star tribute to Joe Zawinul.... more

Quartet could be blessed

05.11.07

They release their debut album early next year, and jazz-rock quartet The Blessing could be ones to watch, says Jack Massarik.... more

Monk, funk and even a banjo

31.10.07

It takes place at 41 venues over 10 nights and ranges from world music to the complete works of Thelonious Monk - Jack Massarik previews the London Jazz Festival.... more

Kylie makes it a sister act

30.10.07

Kylie Minogue has been honoured at a glam awards ceremony for her staying power after 20 years in the charts. Sister Dannii presented the gong. ... more

Cullum at the cutting edge

26.10.07

Jamie Cullum showed at the Electric Proms he has always been edgier than his cheeky chappy persona and grisly covers suggested.... more

CDs of the week

05.10.07

The truly indestructible Sugababes return for their fifth album and London songsmith Jack Peńate aims to vindicate all that gushing praise.... more

Winehouse a hit in the jazz world

08.05.07

She may have lost to Arctic Monkeys at the Brit Awards but Amy Winehouse has at last won a trophy for her acclaimed album Back To Black.... more

Jazz great finally releases album

25.04.07

Decades into an illustrious career, Chris Laurence has finally released his maiden album. Jack Massarik was at St Cyprian's Church to hear the jazz star play his top-class music.... more

Davis is Miles ahead in jazz poll

10.04.07

The Miles Davis classic So What has been voted the best ever jazz record.... more

Critics choice: Top five gigs

19.01.07

With star-packed events at Ronnie Scott's and the Roundhouse featuring Jamie Cullum, Paul Weller and Bill Wyman, to Swedish electropop at the Mean Fiddler, there is something for everyone.... more

The new ambassador of jazz

07.11.06

Gwilym Simcock is one of the young stars of this year's London Jazz Festival - he says he's on a mission to bring the music to his generation.... more

Music downloads

29.09.06

Jamie Cullum's White Island classics, new material from Damien Rice and the launch of Sony's new music service. Read David Smyth's internet music picks here.... more

Schools of rock

14.09.06

From Coldplay and Pulp to The Who and Pink Floyd, much of modern music flourished in the capital's seats of higher learning. A new poll has revealed where they studied.... more

Schoolboy star's hard lesson

31.08.06

Schoolboy crooner Joe Gibbons might look green, but his convincing vocals bely his tender years. The lad turned 15 only last month and he's already making good progress.... more

Eden offers a glimpse of paradise

24.08.06

Can nice girls rise to the top? Consider RAF bandsman's daughter Joanna Eden: she plays good piano, writes sharp-witted, well-crafted songs and sings them sweetly.... more