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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

High Arctic, National Maritime Museum/We Will Live, We Will See, Zabludowicz Collection - review

11.07.11
High Arctic is both at the forefront of new technology and hugely topical... more

Andrea Corr displays unsuspected piano prowess

03.06.11
Andrea Corr's show at the Union Chapel - the final night of a UK tour promoting her recent covers album, Lifelines - wasn't quite the car crash it might have been... more

CDs of the week: The Pierces and Andrea Corr

27.05.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

Fleet Foxes show a clean pair of heels to folk rivals

21.04.11
A folk scene containing Fleet Foxes is a little like a 100-metres race containing Usain Bolt: everyone else is competing for second place... more

Norwegian Wood is a Tokyo love story

11.03.11
Norwegian Wood, a beautiful adaptation of Haruki Murakami's best-known novel, is slow to unfold but well worth the wait... more

Morito is cheap, casual — and well worth the wait

21.10.10
Moro's creators have opened tapas bar Morito, which is much cheaper and more casual, taking no bookings... more

Guitar Heroes: nu-folk scene

08.10.10
The nu-folk scene has everything a musical movement needs: a strong aesthetic (flat caps and grandad shirts), a defning instrument (the banjo), sex and betrayal. Richard Godwin on the Mumfords, Noah and the Whale and why everyone loves Laura Marling... more

Christopher Bailey's musical youths

24.09.10
Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey loves music almost as much as he loves clothes. For his Burberry Acoustic initiative he has handpicked the best (and best-looking) young musicians to showcase their sounds and fashions... more

Is Patch William the band with the best song?

30.04.10
Four young unknowns from Fulham are the surprise nominees in this year’s Novello music and songwriting awards. Richard Godwin meets Patch William.... more

Adoring dignity found in Nick Drake tribute

25.01.10
He was almost unknown in his day but since his death Nick Drake's reputation has blossomed... more

Gigs of the week

22.01.10
Nick Drake, New to Q Sessions and MTV's top tips are among the week's best gigs... more

The bookshop band Mumford & Sons

11.09.09
Mumford & Sons are leading lights in the new literary London folk scene that everyone wants to join. Singer Marcus Mumford talks Steinbeck and Shakespeare... more

Off the record: My pop odyssey

20.03.09
It's a strange trip from Animal Collective to Leonard Cohen as David Smyth takes a tour of the new online music recommendation services.... more

Far more than Once

25.11.08
The Swell Season have become a big deal, thanks to Once; a curious romcom about two musicians, which won them an Oscar for best song.... more

Bantering babe meets sullen Swede

22.02.08
While José Gonzalez did little to interact with the crowd at the opening of iTunes Live, his brand of sophisticated pop was well-received.... more

From Bob Dylan to Bobby Davro

01.11.07
Fionn Regan sabotaged his set with pre-song rambling and mid-song interruptions. The folkie should drop the comedy, says Rick Pearson... more

A quiet voice that makes a huge impact

09.05.07
Understated American pop act Simone White shows reviewer Sophie Harris that sometimes a whisper can be more powerful than a shout.... more

Earlies are perfect for romantics

07.03.07
A feast of instruments ranging from cellos to bongo drums and flutes to synthesisers all featured during an eerily motionless performance by The Earlies.... more

Serenaded by Elvis on a great Valentine night

15.02.07
Elvis Perkins - son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins - entertained boho music lovers at a Chalk Farm pub with his heartfelt, bluesy folk music.... more

How Mackenzie stole the show

30.01.07
No one expected Gareth from The Office to act everyone off the stage in Chekhov. But that's just what he did at the Royal Court where The Seagull opened last week.... more

CDs of the week

03.11.06
The Magic Numbers' second album continues from where last year's debut left off, Joanna Newsom is in a magical universe all her own and Damien Rice releases the brilliant gimmick-free 9.... more

Weller brings pomp to first electric prom

26.10.06
The first night of the Electric Proms opened with the rock equivalent of Jerusalem - the pomp and circumstance of another British institution, Mr Paul Weller.... more

This weekend's best events

28.09.06
The Absolut Icebar celebrates its first birthday, guitarist Keith James plays Nick Drake songs and Water Rats hosts a kitsch and kinky retro night.... more


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