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Mayday! Who will leave BA board?

20.11.09
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CDs of the week: Cheryl Cole's album is a flop

23.10.09
Cheryl Cole's solo album is this week's most talked about release. Evening Standard music critic Rick Pearson says: steer well clear.... more

Golden moments of Glastonbury Festival

25.06.09
Glastonbury Festival's first acts take the stage today and some golden musical moments are promised over the weekend... more

From hippies to hip-hop - Glastonbury's rich history

25.06.09
From its humble beginnings as a left-field music show for hippies looking for peace and love on a remote dairy farm, Glastonbury has established itself as one of the world's largest and best-loved festivals... more

Band of brothers: The rise of the man-bracelet

15.06.09
As high achievers wear their success on their wrists, Nick Foulkes probes the semiotics of man-bracelets... more

Best Comedy Festivals

04.07.08
Comedy is big business at this year's rock festivals, with better-than-ever line-ups - making this the summer of laughs.... more

The magical madness of my boyhood hero Waugh

18.04.08
There have been plenty of arts events this week, as every week. The Orange Prize for Women's Fiction unleashed its shortlist. Harrison Birtwistle's opera about the poor old Minotaur was premiered. A bit of an exhibition about James Bond opened. The RSC put on the History Plays at the Roundhouse... more

No kidding - they live up to the hype

13.03.08
Florida quintet Black Kids are all right and at their ICA gig they proved their songs can live up to the hype.... more

DVDs of the week

27.11.07
Marion Cotillard is the star turn in La Vie En Rose, dandyesque comic Russell Brand plays Hackney and a documentary on T.Rex's Marc Bolan.... more

A heartfelt tribute

17.09.07
30 years after his death, an evening of Mark Bolan anniversary nostalgia proves a peculiar gem of glam-rock charm.... more

Critic's choice: Top Five Gigs

14.09.07
Beach Boy Brian Wilson continues his performances at the Royal Festival Hall and T Rexstacy pay tribute to Marc Bolan.... more

Off the record

14.09.07
On the verge of the 30th anniversary of Marc Bolan's death, David Smyth pays a visit to the memorial site, one of London's less well-known rock shrines.... more

CDs of the week

09.02.07
This week's CD round-up includes the Miles Davis quintet, Lucinda Williams' bleakest album to date and the latest offering from veteran band The Fall.... more

Rock 'n' roll put on the map

05.02.07
Punk on the King's Road, Mods in Soho, The Clash in Ladbroke Grove, The Jam in Woking, Jagger and Richards in Dartford - they are all part of an online music map charting London's rock history.... more

Melodies wrung from heartache

08.09.06
Folk is enjoying a renaissance right now, and at the forefront are Andy Cabic's group, Vetiver, who for an hour at Spitz conjured up some truly joyous country-rock.... more

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