Music

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Ben Watt's playlist: Elmer Bernstein, Jim Sullivan, Ed Askew and more
The musician’s choices include a master of the film soundtrack and a singer-songwriter who drove into the desert and disappeared

Ben Watt

17, Mar, 2016 @12:37 PM

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Readers recommend playlist: songs about Ireland
Our regular series visits the theme just in time for St Patrick’s day: here, a reader takes us on a musical journey around the island

Richard T Clayton

17, Mar, 2016 @12:00 PM

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Police confirm death of missing DJ Derek
DNA tests show remains found in Bristol woodland are those of 73-year-old Derek Serpell-Morris, Britain’s oldest DJ

Guardian music

17, Mar, 2016 @11:16 AM

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Washington DC to PJ Harvey: ‘She's to music what Piers Morgan is to cable news’
The Mercury winning singer is lambasted for depicting DC area Ward 7 as a ‘drug town’ inhabited by ‘zombies’ on new album track Community of Hope

Guardian music

17, Mar, 2016 @9:05 AM

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Madonna's three-hour delay in Brisbane labelled 'breathtakingly arrogant'
Singer appears on entertainment centre stage at 11.22pm, joking she is ‘hardly ever late’

Elle Hunt

17, Mar, 2016 @2:42 AM

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SXSW panel explores black girl power in music and cultural appropriation
A discussion asked whether Mark Ronson had received opportunities black artists have not and discussed social media-assisted female solidarity

Alex Needham in Austin

16, Mar, 2016 @11:05 PM

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Matt Corby review – electro-swoons and lustrous laments
Bearded Corby is so laid-back he’s positively beatific: his sumptuous croons could be unfolding behind glass

Ian Gittins

16, Mar, 2016 @6:01 PM

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Tchaikovsky: Snegurochka CD review – very fine performance of a neglected work
This rendition of Tchaikovsky’s major but little-known piece captures its grandeur and melancholy

Andrew Clements

16, Mar, 2016 @4:28 PM

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Anthrax's Scott Ian's playlist: Iron Maiden, Fall Out Boy and more
The guitarist selects the five tracks – some metal, some country – that rock his world the hardest

Scott Ian

16, Mar, 2016 @4:04 PM

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Warning: art may broaden the mind. It should never apologise
The Royal Opera House has issued a content warning to opera-goers who’ve bought tickets for Lucia di Lammermoor. It’s a slippery slope

Fiona Maddocks

16, Mar, 2016 @4:02 PM

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Ralph Alessi Quartet – jazz of fine details and nuances
The uber-cool quartet’s inner heat was unmissable in this razor sharp and yet reflective performance of originals from new album Quiver

John Fordham

16, Mar, 2016 @3:13 PM

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Riot Ensemble review – adroitly realising Dutilleux's characteristic finesse
Shape-shifting ensemble bring precision to new music by Sierra, Hesketh, Roe, Serrano and Holloway-Nahum

Rian Evans

16, Mar, 2016 @3:06 PM

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