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Nigel Kennedy was intense and brilliant

11.09.09
Plenty of people would have Nigel Kennedy thrown into the Tower of London for alleged crimes against classical music decorum... more

CDs of the week

01.05.09
The Horrors expand their repertoire, Peaches gets focused and Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band set off on a new adventure.... more

Nigel Kennedy to open Tower Festival

16.04.09
Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy is to perform at the gala opening of the Continental Airlines Tower Festival.... more

CDs of the week

13.02.09
Morrissey has lost his swagger in Years of Refusal, Empire of the Sun's record is glossy electric pop and Tim Garland takes risks.... more

Pop goes 2007 - music review of the year

21.12.07
From Mika to Mozart, our music critics present their guide to a vintage year with a look back at the best albums.... more

CDs of the week

07.09.07
KT Tunstall releases the follow-up to her debut world-conquering album, and a keyboard-inspired hip hop offering from Kanye West feature among the CDs of the week.... more

Soaring with spirituals

05.09.07
The men in the Alvin Ailey troupe leap with a dazzling, throwaway vigour, closely followed by the women who combine exuberance and elegance with what used to be called sass, says Sarah Frater.... more

Steaming into New Orleans

24.07.07
The contemporary validity of New Orleans jazz man Wynton Marsalis's orchestra may be debatable, but its quality is indisputable.... more

Ska-punk prince turns jazz expert

21.06.07
Meltdown curator Jarvis Cocker only included one jazz event in the festival and thanks to Jerry Dammers it was brilliant, says Jack Massarik... more

Davis is Miles ahead in jazz poll

10.04.07
The Miles Davis classic So What has been voted the best ever jazz record.... more

Giants stand out in noisy crowd

20.12.06
Crowd-pleasing septet Ray Gelato's Giants are battling the office-party roar at Ronnie Scott's this year in the slot gamely filled by George Melly in Christmases past.... more

Bringing Brooklyn to Africa

17.11.06
Randy Weston led the BBC Big Band through his compositions at this London Jazz Festival concert, his African roots proudly nourishing each one.... more

This week's CD reviews

06.10.06
Fine new releases by Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, jr, ex-Destiny's Child LaToya, jazz trombonist Dennis Rollins and brash folkies Bellowhead.... more

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