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Respect La Diva, Garrick - review

12.09.11
Unfortunately this tacky show, which celebrates great female singers from the Fifties to the present, gives off a desperate sense of being cobbled-together and under-rehearsed... more

Ready Steady Go is groovy, glam and rather fabulous

13.06.11
Although it only ran for just over three mid-Sixties years, its Catholic booking policy, allied to the tightrope of live recording, meant Ready Steady Go! set the benchmark for what pop television could be... more

Sing with the stars at Dusty Springfield show

09.03.11
The dream of singing at the Royal Albert Hall may be more attainable than expected thanks to a Dusty Springfield concert... more

That 70s sound influencing female solo singers

20.08.10
Melodies! Pianos! Emoting! A new wave of artists is seeking inspiration in the golden age of female songwriters... more

Voice from heaven, family from hell ... The dangerous world that singer Duffy left behind

15.07.10
She's the new Dusty Springfield and the latest in an astonishing line of young female British singing talent. But what the fans who've made Duffy No 1 for five consecutive weeks - and the biggest-selling artist of 2008 so far - don't know is the harrowing story of the dark and dangerous world she escaped... more

Diana Vickers is a fine new Little Voice in a big role

21.10.09
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is amusing, affecting and decidedly old-fashioned.... more

TV Dragons' Den judges tempted by Dusty The Musical

29.07.09
A theatre producer will tonight confront the BBC’s Dragons’ Den millionaires in the hope of staging a musical about Dusty Springfield.... more

Puffy Duffy raises the roof and the hemlines in smoking hot Somerset House show

20.07.08
Welsh songstress Duffy stole the show in the summer series of concerts at London's Somerset House.... more

It's been a right Carry On for evergreen star Anita Harris

10.07.08
After two miscarriages and falling victim to a £1 million fraud, the Swinging Sixties sweetheart is back in style.... more

Weekend gig guide

18.06.08
The Flaming Lips and Goldfrapp play Lovebox in Victoria Park, Duffy is to put on a show at Somerset House and Chuck Berry comes to town.... more

No mercy as Rotten Johnny makes Duffy cry at the Mojos

17.06.08
The Welsh songstress attempted to hug and greet the ageing rocker but he shrugged her off by swinging his arm, inadvertently knocking her off balance.... more

Welsh songbird Duffy wins best song for Mercy at Mojo Awards

17.06.08
Welsh singer Duffy, who has been dubbed 'the new Dusty Springfield, has won song of the year for her hit Mercy at the Mojo magazine awards.... 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

A star is born: Welsh songbird Duffy tops the charts

18.02.08
Newcomer Duffy dominated this week's singles chart, shooting straight to the top with Mercy. The 23-year-old newcomer came second in the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll of music critics' and broadcasters' favourite artists in January and has been compared to the 60s singer Dusty Springfield. The Welsh singer-songwriter knocked Swedish DJ Basshunter off the top of the charts to claim the number one spot ... more

CDs of the week

01.02.08
Hot Chip return with a deliciously giddy new album and sleep inducing stuff from Jack Johnson in this week's top CDs.... more

Great as the expectations

17.01.08
Amy Ann Duffy has a unique voice, a mighty roar seemingly defying the laws of biology by belonging to a tiny Welshwoman.... more

CDs of the week

16.11.07
Girls Aloud release another slap of feisty handbag pop and Tom Brousseau touches upon the idiosyncracies of love in this week's albums.... more

Off the record

16.11.07
John Aizlewood tips a young Welsh singer for stardom in 2008 and congratulates Rik Waller on his upcoming marriage.... more

DVDs of the week

09.10.07
The Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer leads the line-up of this week's best DVD releases.... more

Get the feeling

30.05.07
Brixton's monthly club night How Does It Feel To Be Loved? offers '80s indiepop such as The Smiths and classic '60s soul. But no punk, grunge or hip-hop.... more

Gordon Brown booed at music awards

15.11.06
Gordon Brown's latest attempt to burnish his pop music credentials backfired when he was booed at an awards ceremony.... more


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