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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Review
      André 3000: New Blue Sun — rapper’s long-awaited debut is a New Age flute record

      The former OutKast member surprises with long, hallucinatory tracks that conjure the neo-hippy milieu of California

      André 3000, in dark sunglasses, a grey sweatshirt and beanie hat, grips a microphone
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Review
      Handel: Messiah — English Concert offers lively and comprehensive version

      Conductor John Nelson has made a pick ‘n’ mix version with less familiar arias

      Lucy Crowe, in a long red dress, sings into a microphone whilst holding a music book. An orchestra sits behind her.
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Review
      Hot House: The Complete Jazz At Massey Hall Recordings — sublime

      A two-disc release offers fresh insights into a legendary 1953 concert in Toronto

      A black and white photo of Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker performing together on stage, dressed in suits
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Review
      Red Velvet: Chill Kill — mellifluous singing and a moreish beat

      The K-pop girl group sway between ballads and pop bangers in their latest record

      Red Velvet, wearing different coloured dresses and black boots, stand in a forest
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Review
      Bertrand Chamayou: Letter(s) to Erik Satie — dreamy and hypnotic

      The French composer’s piano pieces are interleaved with short morsels by American iconoclast John Cage

      Bertrand Chamayou, with short grey-brown hair and wearing a blue collared shirt, stands partially covered behind a grey wall
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Review
      Danny Brown: Quaranta — antic rapper reflects on his rise and fall

      The Detroit-raised MC rakes over a life of success and addiction in imaginative tracks

      Danny Brown, with black beard and bleached-blond crew cut, looks serious in a black T-shirt
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Review
      Lucidvox: That’s What Remained — Russian post-punks explore a darker sound

      The music of the exiled four-piece has become heavier, with distorted guitars and desolate vocals

      Four young women stand close together hugging in front of a wall or hedge of green vines
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Review
      Dolly Parton: Rockstar album review — country star cuts loose with rock ‘n’ roll

      Her 49th solo studio album features Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks and Sting

      Dolly Parton stands holding an electric guitar behind a microphone stand
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Verneri Pohjola: Monkey Mind — acoustic jazz meets EDM

      Moods are enhanced by synthetic sounds as the Finnish trumpeter leads an impressive quartet

      Verneri Pohjola wearing a dark polo shirt and holding a trumpet on his shoulder against a black background
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Review
      PinkPantheress: Heaven Knows — conversational songs keep us listening

      The TikTok star’s easy-going vocals are the sung equivalent of a voice memo

      PinkPantheress, wearing a black strapless top, sits on the floor looking to the side against a dark backdrop
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Review
      Chase and Status return to floor-quaking drum-and-bass in 2 Ruff Vol 1

      The electronic duo’s recent move away from pop crossovers has paid off

      Photo of Chase and Status, wearing sunglasses and black T-shirts, taken from a low angle
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Review
      Scottish Chamber Orchestra delivers a bracing recording of two Mendelssohn symphonies

      Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev’s energy drives the No 3 along and the No 5 unfolds with urgency

      Maxim Emelyanychev, in a blue long-sleeved shirt, raises his hands as if conducting
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Review
      Ayesha: Rhythm is Memory — drums do the talking in a techno album with an organic feel

      The New York-based DJ uses repetition to explore how the body reacts to and retains sound

      Ayesha, with dark curly hair, stands in front of a bush of yellow flowers with the sun on her face
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Review
      Gong: Unending Ascending — psychedelic stalwarts continue to fly the flag of space-rock

      Formed in 1967, the underground band has gone through countless line-up changes in an eternal cosmic odyssey

      Four Gong members dressed in black sit cross-legged on the grass in a semi-circle in front of a smoking bowl. A fifth member, hunched over with a hood covering their face, sits in the middle
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Review
      The Breath: Land of My Other album review — myth meets family history

      The folk duo lean towards a starker sound as they are joined by pianist Thomas Bartlett

      Rioghnach Connolly, with curly brown hair and a brown lacey top, stands behind a microphone as if singing
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Review
      Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé album review — John Wilson and Sinfonia of London hit a new high

      The orchestra perform this elfin-light ballet with exceptional clarity

      An overhead photo of Sinfonia of London surrounded by recording equipment in a church-like setting
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Review
      Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) — our critic changes his mind on the pop star’s magnum opus

      The re-recorded album, with previously unreleased tracks, comes as part of the star’s campaign to reclaim her music

      A woman wirth long hair in a blue dress holds a guitar on stage in front of a giant poster of her re-recorded ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ album cover
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Review
      Dan Tepfer and Miguel Zenón: Internal Melodies — exemplary musicianship

      The pianist and saxophonist fuse together classical, jazz and Latin influences in a delightful new release

      Miguel Zenón, in a blue-grey blazer, stands next to Dan Tepfer, in a black long-sleeved shirt, in a jazz bar. There are tables, chairs and a small stage behind them.
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Review
      Sofia Kourtesis: Madres — motherhood meets four-on-the-floor beats

      The Berlin-based Peruvian musician uses dreamy vocals and nightclub rhythms

      Sofia Kourtesis, wearing a black coat and long skirt, stands on a pebbly beach. Her dark hair is in two long braids and she wears a headdress of red ruffles
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Review
      Lully: Thésée — Les Talens Lyriques are lithe and imaginative

      A vivid recording of this French opera combines a fine cast of singers with a high level of musical vivacity

      A man conducts an orchestra playing period instruments
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Review
      James Blunt’s heartfelt clichés are easy on the ear in Who We Used to Be

      The English singer’s latest album slots neatly into his usual emotive pop groove

      James Blunt stands in a field lit by the sun, with one hand in his jeans pocket
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Review
      Bad Bunny’s braggadocio gets old in Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana — album review

      The Puerto Rican rapper’s obnoxious tales of womanising fill a supersized set of 22 songs

      Bad Bunny, in dungarees and a backwards baseball cap and surrounded by dry ice fog, punches the air
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Review
      Sampha celebrates family with sophisticated psychedelia in Lahai

      The Londoner’s long-awaited sophomore record is named after his grandfather

      Sampha, wearing a white hoodie, captured with his eyes closed
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Review
      Soema Montenegro: Circulo Radiante — a poetic tour of South America

      The Argentine singer evokes rivers, jungles and carnival as songs journey across the continent

      Soema Montenegro, wearing a fringed necklace and wooden bangle, raises a round drum over her head
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Review
      Weinberg: Dawn/Symphony No 12 — BBC Philharmonic rekindle long-lost maestro’s legacy

      New recordings of works by the Soviet composer turn the spotlight on to his overlooked contribution to classical music

      A black and white photo of Mieczyslaw Weinberg in a suit, staring pensively while resting his head on one hand
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