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Final farewell paid to king of pop Michael Jackson

04.09.09
Michael Jackson took centre stage for the last time at a funeral service at which friends and family were given the opportunity to grieve in private... more

CDs of the week

28.08.09
7 Worlds Collide's album is a relaxed delight, Noah and the Whale's record is undeniably powerful and Monty Alexander plays it straight.... more

Freddy Cole gives faultlessly paced performance

23.10.08
It's been so long since Nat King Cole’s younger brother visited London that we’d forgotten what a fine singer-pianist and bandleader he is.... more

Touring classical star who sings free for his supper

10.10.08
It is the ultimate in dinner party entertainment. Opera singer Will Martin, whose debut album hit number one in the classical charts, will come to your house and literally sing for his supper. ... more

Drug use blamed as soul singer Natalie Cole is diagnosed with Hepatitis C

16.07.08
Soul singer Natalie Cole has revealed that she has Hepatitis C ... more

Show would have made Oscar Peterson proud

18.03.08
In a loving tribute to jazz muscian Oscar Peterson, Martin Drew, his drummer for 25 years, takes to the stage and brings his memory alive.... more

'Amy Winehouse didn't deserve Grammys win,' says singer Natalie Cole

12.02.08
Amy Winehouse said she was "so happy and proud" of her Grammys victory on Sunday night, but it seems not every is sharing in her joy. Singer Natalie Cole, daughter of late music legend Nat King Cole, has criticised the singer's triumph at the ceremony, saying she did not deserve to win any awards ... more

Grammy awards for addict Amy send a bad message

12.02.08
Singer Natalie Cole has blasted Amy Winehouse saying she did not deserve her Grammy awards.... more

Poles apart from Grenada

22.01.08
Kwame Kwei-Armah's Let There Be Love is a flawed gem of a play which does more than examine the relationship between a cantankerous old Caribbean Londoner and his young, Polish cleaner.... more

Funky virtuoso

25.07.07
Bankable near-jazz stars are the face of the new Ronnie Scott's, and singer-guitarist Jose Feliciano is the latest artist to benefit.... more

Not quite turning Japanese

14.02.07
New restaurant Shimo isn't quite the Japanese word for the month of November and it isn't quite a Japanese restaurant, either, says Fay Maschler.... more

Eartha at 80 defies the years

14.02.07
Age is no barrier to Eartha Kitt, who, despite her 80 years, put on an OAP-defying, hip-swivelling performance that oozed magic, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Cole man's a class act

04.10.06
Hampered only by a cold and an alarming shirt, the dapper Dominic Alldis made fine work of some of Nat "King" Cole's most celebrated standards. ... more

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