The title Cold Blows The Rain encapsulates it. A mournful, unembellished female voice sings of loss. The musical backing is ...

The incendiary magic that was Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg three decades ago has not been conjured again in this long-awaited ...

New music has swung fruitfully between US and UK influences for half a century. The British charts began in 1952, initially populated by crooners and light jazz. American rock'n'roll livened things up ...

London has more world-famous symphony orchestras than any other city in the world, the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra vying with the BBC Symphony ...

Jesse Eisenberg's first film as writer/director was 2022’s When You Finish Saving the World, which met with modest acclaim.

A gem for me this year has been the collaborative project between the veteran minimalist composer Chihei Hatakeyama and jazz ...

There’s nothing like an anodyne new(ish) work to give a masterpiece an even higher profile. Rachel Portman‘s Tipping Points, promising to address climate change issues, was so bland and featureless it ...

The descending refrain opening the song isn’t unusual but attention is instantly attracted as it’s played on a harpsichord.

Elwood (Ethan Cole Sharp) is a serious-minded schoolboy in Tallahassee, Florida, driven by Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights protests and an inspiring black teacher (Jimmie Fails) to beat the racist ...

Does absolutely everything have to get more difficult with each passing year? Apparently so. The amount of time I’ve spent ...