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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      The Aesthete
      ‘My style icon is my boyfriend, Jarvis Cocker’: Kim Sion talks taste

      The creative consultant and ceramicist on playlists, Pristine Nails and her perfect black Jaguar

      Kim Sion in her black Jaguar
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      ReviewAlbums
      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
      ReviewAlbums
      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
      ReviewAlbums
      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
      ReviewAlbums
      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
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Six films to watch this week
      Maestro — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein is electric and intelligent

      The director masters rhythm and mood while ebulliently starring as the conductor alongside Carey Mulligan

      A man conducts an orchestra
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Sexual misconduct allegations
      New York law unleashes ‘avalanche’ of historic sexual abuse claims

      Almost 3,000 lawsuits have been filed in the year since the Adult Survivors Act passed

      E Jean Carroll arrives to a federal court house as the jury is expected to begin deliberations in the sexual assault and defamation civil lawsuit Carroll has brought against former president Donald Trump
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Review
      Médée, Berlin Staatsoper — Magdalena Kožená is a force of nature as the mythical child-murderer

      Starchitect Frank Gehry provided mesh trees and steel-wool clouds for the singers to dodge

    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Review
      Florencia en el Amazonas, Met Opera — rare Spanish-language work is worth a century’s wait

      Daniel Catán’s piece is inspired by Gabriel García Márquez and featured an excellent Ailyn Pérez

    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Review
      EFG London Jazz Festival — a resounding finale with tributes to Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis

      Late saxophonist Shorter dominated the festival’s final weekend, but on show too was jazz’s bright future

    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Review
      Angélique Kidjo, Royal Albert Hall — 40 years of music and activism celebrated

      The Beninese-French singer brought the house to its feet alongside guests including Laura Mvula and Youssou N’Dour

      A woman in a dress with bronze sequins and an orange headscarf stretches out her hands as she sings
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Review
      Ed Sheeran — megastar busker gets a backing band for Royal Albert Hall show

      The singer played the whole of his sombre new album, ‘Autumn Variations’, then more uplifting greatest hits

      A man playing an acoustic guitar sings into a microphone in front of a red backdrop
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      The Life of a Song
      Au suivant — Jacques Brel’s cavalcade of disgust sparked a chain of covers

      Scott Walker’s was perhaps the best known of the many versions of the song that became ‘Next’

      Viewed from the side, a singer stands on stage singing into a microphone, one arm extended
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Bryce Elder
      Muzak is getting an AI upgrade. This time, let’s try to appreciate it more

      Artificial intelligence-generated music may be kinder to our public spaces than royalty-farming

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023
      Best books of 2023 — Classical music

      Richard Fairman selects his must-read titles

      Montage of book covers
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Review
      Killer Mike, rap’s compassionate capitalist: ‘I’m not a millionaire to make you feel bad’

      Three Grammy nominations, campaigning for Bernie Sanders, running a fintech firm — Michael Render is not your average emcee

      A man in a green jacket and sunglasses
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      ReviewAlbums
      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
      ReviewAlbums
      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
      ReviewAlbums
      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
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: November
      Watchmakers hit a marketing note with musical tie-ups

      Collaborations are tapping into the rhythmic, mechanical and aesthetic properties of timepieces

      Tokio Myers in the Golden Ratio Musical Show for Jaeger-LeCoultre
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      ReviewAlbums
      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
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Review
      Rema, O2 Arena review — Afrobeats star’s show is undone by inept stagecraft

      The singer swapped his usual slick and mellifluous style for creaky gothic atmosphere and overbearing music

    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Review
      EFG London Jazz Festival review — supercharged performance from Cory Henry

      The keyboard player and vocalist brought the funk for two hours. Plus: Emma Rawicz and Avishai Cohen at Cadogan Hall

      A sweating, happy man in a red cardigan sings into a microphone
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      InterviewFilm
      Leonard Bernstein’s daughters on the biopic Maestro: ‘Take it from us, it is uncanny’

      They heap praise on stars Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, even though the film covers uncomfortable ground

      Bradley Cooper, smiling, sits with his arm around Carey Mulligan. Both hold a cigarette
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Review
      EFG London Jazz Festival — Makaya McCraven and Joshua Redman offer searing, virtuosic concerts

      Plus: Roxy Coss at club Toulouse Lautrec hit the ground running

      A woman in a suit sings into a mic as a man in a suit plays the saxophone
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