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Smokey Robinson is still the king of motown

26.10.09
Motown legend Smokey Robinson came to the Roundhouse on Saturday to give the fourth year of the BBC Electric Proms the send-off it deserved.... more

Robbie Williams returns after three years for gig at BBC Electric Proms

22.09.09
Robbie Williams is to play his first UK show for three years with an intimate BBC gig.... more

BBC tempts Dizzee to go orchestral for Electric Proms

15.09.09
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Another Abba star is Björn as Kylie joins the band

14.09.09
If it's impossible to think of a more perfect pop group than Abba, then it’s probably because there isn’t one... more

Gilbert's satire still punishes the poseurs

12.08.09
Proms 2009: So long as vanity, affectation and poseurs are with us, Patience will have its targets.... more

Welcome to the Slumdog Proms

08.04.09
The Proms are going to Bollywood with a day dedicated entirely to Indian music culminating in a Bollywood song and dance extravaganza... more

Orchestra keeps in mime for Sam Taylor-Wood art

23.10.08
Forget air guitar - this orchestra has taken musical imagination to a whole new level... more

Magic moments with Burt

23.10.08
Few artists combine poignant and cool in one package, but Burt Bacharach is that man. His Roundhouse show was a triumph.... more

Bill Bailey is frustrated Roy Castle

09.10.08
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra was a terrifically entertaining mainstream classical music primer, a less terrific comedy gig.... more

Music

08.10.08
Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever — and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... 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

That 'gorgeous blond blue-eyed guy' image. That was all bulls**t

11.08.08
David Soul is about to battle it out on TV with other celebrities to find the best classical conductor, and he's glad finally to have escaped his heart-throb status ... more

Anna Meredith is prom queen

06.08.08
How will Anna Meredith's gutsy, wild new composition for 800 performers be received by the Last Night audience?.... more

Kennedy returns with an eloquent, edgy Elgar

21.07.08
The 2008 BBC Proms have begun and brought the return of Nigel Kennedy to the festival after an absence of 21 years.... more

From Radiohead to Hollywood

08.02.08
Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is about to become known as one of our best classical composers.... more

Garbarek the enigma soars to a sparky beat

19.11.07
Jan Garbarek was a popular choice of headliner at the 15th annual London Jazz Festival and his admirers were not disappointed.... more

Prom night for Ronson and his famous friends

25.10.07
Mark Ronson kicked off the Electric Proms, an event which is fast becoming a London institution after just two years.... more

All that Jazz

15.10.07
London's annual jazz festival returns with a cracking line-up of both well-established names and up-and-coming musicians from the capital's thriving alternative scene.... more

Proms queen Lily lines up for Electric event

04.09.07
The BBC today announced the line-up for its second Electric Proms - including Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen, Paul Weller and Sean Lennon.... more

Sweet dreams are remade by Annie Lennox

16.08.07
Now a sprightly 52, Annie Lennox's voice still broods as naturally as Gordon Brown's.... more

Whole lot of Shakespeare going on

09.08.07
The Proms took a gamble on British jazz royalty and honoured Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine in From Bard to Blues.... more

Shaken and stirred

22.03.07
The audience was dancing the conga in the aisles and gave Pink Martini a standing ovation, but Mark Espiner found the 12-strong band a little too predictable.... more

A night of more gold than guilt

21.03.07
Cerys Matthews, Chas and Dave, and Suggs were among the guest singers at the Guilty Pleasures Live night at Hackney Empire.... more

Bill limbers up for a musical marathon

26.02.07
After a stint in Pinter's People, comedian Bill Bailey fronted the BBC Concert Orchestra and his musical departure was certainly more successful than his theatrical foray.... more

Critic's choice: BBC Electric Proms

25.10.06
The BBC's latest venture into live events is a long weekend of intriguing collaborations boasting big names from across rock's spectrum.... more

Pick of the pop Proms

24.10.06
In the first of what it hopes will be an annual festival to complement the classical Proms, the BBC's Electric Proms aims to persuade a wide cross-section of contemporary musicians to try something a bit different.... more

Committed cult of Jean Claude

23.10.06
The Barbican resembled La Rive Gauche as London's Francophiles assembled for the live recreation of two of the strangest moments in French music.... more

Take me out: best weekend events

19.10.06
The Affordable Art Fair comes to town, the mammoth Fabric celebrates its 7th birthday party, there's at tribute to the musical legacy of Serge Gainsbourg and Volupte lounge host a special cacao-themed soiree.... more

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