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• Brandon Flowers Lands Killer Blow On Paul Weller In Albums Chart

  24-05-2015 20:56
  
  As OMI holds on to No 1 in singles chart with Cheerleader...
  
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• Marcus Belgrave, jazz trumpeter, dies at age of 78

  24-05-2015 20:24
  
  Belgrave was studio musician with Motown Records in 1960sMusician played with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Dizzy Gillespie Continue reading...
  
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• New music: J Hus Feat. Doccydocs – Lean & Bop

  24-05-2015 19:46
  
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• Louis Johnson obituary

  24-05-2015 18:43
  
  Powerful bassist on Michael Jackson’s albums Thriller and Off the Wall, he found fame in the 1970s with his funk band the Brothers Johnson Continue reading...
  
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• Q&A: Boston Pops maestro Keith Lockhart on music, tech

  24-05-2015 17:59
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Keith Lockhart was just 35 and a musical wunderkind when he took over as conductor of the Boston Pops in 1995.
  
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• Paul McCartney review – good spot Kanye: this guy’s got promise

  24-05-2015 17:10
  
  From culture-defining classics to moving tributes to John Lennon and George Harrison, this was a class act from Macca following his collaboration with Kanye West Continue reading...
  
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• BBC Concert O/Yates review – Finzi triumphs at the English Music festival

  24-05-2015 17:03
  
  A reconstruction of George Butterworth’s Fantasia for Orchestra provided a seamless piece of musical speculation, but it was Finzi’s final Cello Concerto that gave this concert substance Continue reading...
  
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• Kylie Jenner Sizzles In Monaco With Bikini Instagram Snaps

  24-05-2015 15:58
  
  Reality TV star lounges by the pool for sultry photos...
  
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• Ride review – this reunion lived up to expectations

  24-05-2015 14:21
  
  Albert Hall, ManchesterTheir songs sound more wistful but the Oxford quartet can be recognised for what they always were: a superior psychedelic pop band Continue reading...
  
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• Ariana Grande Gets Sassy In Behind-The-Scenes Clip From Underdogs

  24-05-2015 14:00
  
  Pop star lends her voice to cartoon character...
  
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• Carmen review – opera at its most dramatic

  24-05-2015 13:52
  
  Glyndebourne, Lewes
  Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen combines dignity, intelligence and knowing sexual allure in this visually spectacular production Continue reading...
  
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• Zayn Malik 'Left One Direction Because He Was Burned Out'

  24-05-2015 12:02
  
  Songwriter says there was no falling out, bot band star was just exhausted...
  
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• Celebs React To Ireland's Gay Marriage Referendum

  24-05-2015 10:41
  
  Country is first in world to decide issue by popular vote...
  
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• Sarah Cracknell: ‘I like being in a gang. I’m in safe hands’

  24-05-2015 10:29
  
  Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell on her new solo album and the pleasure of recording it with close friendsOne day in 1987, a Windsor teenager recorded her first solo single, an indie-pop confection called Love Is All You Need. “I thought it would be a smash hit, obviously,” she now says with a laugh. “It sold about two.” Three years later, Sarah Cracknell met two Croydon schoolfriends, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs; soon after, they recorded their first song together as Saint Etien
  
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• Sweden Wins Eurovision Song Contest As UK Finishes 24th

  24-05-2015 10:04
  
  Mans Zelmerlow triumphs with Heroes...
  
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• Jamie xx: In Colour review – larging it, for introverts

  24-05-2015 10:00
  
  (Young Turks)In many ways, the debut album proper by xx producer Jamie Smith is yet another backward-looking record that calculatingly reconfigures the music of the past – something UK tune-makers, from Adele and Sam Smith on down the food chain, continue to make their stock-in-trade.But In Colour is no mere sepia-tinted nostalgia trip. It might be a kaleidoscopic 11-track tribute to raves long past, a paean to the styles Smith is too young to remember first-hand, and the incidental chatter of
  
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• Lianne La Havas review – today purple protege, tomorrow transatlantic star?

  24-05-2015 09:30
  
  Wilton’s Music Hall, London
  With Prince’s support and her versatile songs, London’s classy Lianne La Havas clearly has her sights set on breaking the USLianne La Havas’s first London gig in two years opens with a rousing shimmer, hinting at both jazz and class. Her band whip up an oscillation, while some “ahs” from La Havas and her backing singer gather in volume until the startling scarlet maxi-culottes La Havas is wearing begin to quiver at the hems.Suddenly, with pin-sharp timing,
  
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• Vein feat Dave Liebman: Jazz Talks review – amazing breadth

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Romaria: Choral Music from Brazil review – an unfamiliar and enchanting collection

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• The Vaccines: English Graffiti review – straightforward indie pleasures

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Vaughan Williams/MacMillan: Oboe Concertos review – a bravura display

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Nocturnal Sunshine: Nocturnal Sunshine review – fruitful creative wanderings

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Multi-Love review – a squelchy update of UMO’s nagging groove

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Thee Oh Sees: Mutilator Defeated at Last review – light and shade

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Sacri Cuori: Delone review – mischievous imaginary soundtracks

  24-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato review – pastoral perfection

  24-05-2015 08:59
  
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• Glyndebourne festival Poliuto – review

  24-05-2015 08:15
  
  Glyndebourne festival, Lewes, East Sussex
  Despite some woefully dull staging, Donizetti’s rarely seen gem proves a terrific opener to this year’s festival Continue reading...
  
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