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Shania Twain's nostalgia-tinted 'Little Miss Twain' proves more varied and entertaining than anticipated
Thomas H. Green |
The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers – a breathless, eye-watering ride
Liz Thomson |
Nia Archives keeps on experimenting with 'Emotional Junglist'
Kathryn Reilly
Wolf Alice, Exhibition Park, Newcastle review - a band living their best life
Jonathan Geddes
First Person: trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf on his family's vital connection to the quarter-tone trumpet
Ibrahim Maalouf
La Traviata / The Merry Widow, Buxton International Festival review - on the popular road
Robert Beale
The Menzingers keep it safe and steady with 'Everything I Ever Saw'
Ellie Roberts
Music Reissues Weekly: Armagideon Time - When Punk Met Dub (1978-1984)
Kieron Tyler
Lear, Pitlochry Festival Theatre review - mad queen reminds us of the 'No Kings' man
Gary Naylor
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Peter Culshaw
'Different When It's Silent' is a beguiling new collection from Tricky
Mark Kidel
Gnarly guitar threesome Mould are wordily world-weary on debut 'Hoping as a Coping Mechanism'
Thomas H. Green
Rosebush Pruning review - lurid journey into the dark heart of family dysfunction
Helen Hawkins
Bonfire Radicals, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review - a new chapter for the untraditional folkies
Guy Oddy
Songs of the Bulbul, Sadler's Wells East review - beautiful melding of kathak moves and Sufism
Helen Hawkins
classical
Eloquent thoughts on the wonder of 'Dichterliebe' and a new work inspired by it
O'Sullivan, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, Smith Square Hall review - the sassy airs of summer
Latest in a line of great Irish mezzos shows her versatility, and the strings swoon
A pair of much-loved cello concertos, plus percussion transcriptions and a great German song cycle
disc of the day
The Canadian country superstar embraces her rhythm'n'blues side
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tv
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Second series of CIA drama ratchets up the pressure
film
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new music
The Canadian country superstar embraces her rhythm'n'blues side
The Punch Brothers and a new sister: virtuosic
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classical
Eloquent thoughts on the wonder of 'Dichterliebe' and a new work inspired by it
O'Sullivan, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, Smith Square Hall review - the sassy airs of summer
Latest in a line of great Irish mezzos shows her versatility, and the strings swoon
A pair of much-loved cello concertos, plus percussion transcriptions and a great German song cycle
opera
Quality take on Verdi and a pure comedy re-imagining of Léhar
Turbocharged orchestra, sometimes too much so, various approaches from the singers
Richard Jones tries hard with Bellini's vehicle for lyric madness; Lisette Oropesa dazzles
theatre
Lots of innovative ideas, but we need to hear the line readings clearly
Eurovision star Sam Ryder is made for the title role, while Drew McOnie’s choreography makes us feel the delirium
Chloë Moss’s new drama is a nerve-fraying example of telephonic tension
dance
Much-appreciated words of commendation from readers and the cultural community
Aakash Odedra is superb as a tortured creature seeking freedom and transcendence
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comedy
Much-appreciated words of commendation from readers and the cultural community
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books
Much-appreciated words of commendation from readers and the cultural community
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visual arts
Much-appreciated words of commendation from readers and the cultural community
Ritualistic performances and evocations of fertility goddesses
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