Category: Music
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Album Review: People & Places by Clemens Pötzsch
This debut album from the pianist is filled with exquisite performances, but the overall vibe feels a bit tentative and neutral. With a light and delicate touch, Clemens Christian Potzsch has created in all senses of the word a beautiful and elegant album that flows with ease. Compositions such as ‘See’ and ‘Eyes’ are filled […]
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Album Review Roundup: Not to Disappear by Daughter
The band have released the follow up to the 2013 album If You Leave – but how have critics reacted to it? The Guardian: **** Kitty Empire wrote: “Not to Disappear adds strong new strings to Daughter’s bow.” Pop Matters: Ethan King commented: “the record beautifully distills what it means to be human and to […]
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Album Review: Hidden Voices by Aruán Oritz
This subtle album is filled with personality that each track won’t fail to charm the listener in its own individual way. The New York pianist delivers on quality music as well as perfect performances from all three musicians on this subtle but playful album. From beginning to end, the album has a wide variety of […]
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Music Licensing Company PPL Release List of Most Played David Bowie Songs
To mark the life and career of David Bowie, the music licensing company PPL has released an official chart of the most played David Bowie tracks of the 21st century. The list has been comprised by using PPL’s UK exclusive airplay data, which collates the songs by Bowie that have been played in public or […]
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RIP David Bowie
Three days after the release of his latest album Blackstar and his 69th Birthday, the iconic singer’s death at the age of 69 has sent shock waves across the world. As well as his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, Bowie is best known for hit songs such as ‘Heroes’, ‘Changes’ and ‘Space Oddity’ to name a few. […]
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Review Round Up… Blackstar by David Bowie
David Bowie is back with a brand new album- but is it any good? Here is what some of the critic have to say about it. The Scotsman:**** Fiona Shepherd wrote that the album is : “as enigmatic as its creator.” The New York Times: Jon Pareles described it as: “the strange, daring, ultimately rewarding […]
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Top Five Burt Bacharach Songs
As Close To You continues its West End run, what could be considered the best five Burt Bacharach songs ever written? 5. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – most commonly associated with the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, this song went on to win an Academy award for Best Original Song. It’s a […]
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Chris Addison to Make Royal Opera Debut in L’Étoile
Comedian and actor Chris Addison is to star in the Royal Opera House’s production of French opera L’Étoile from the 1st to the 24th February it has been announced. Addison’s comic acting role, Smith, has been newly created by director Mariame Clément to provide stereotypical English commentary on events happening in the opera. L’Étoile (The Star) is a comic […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Saturday Night at the Movies, The Overtones
This album filled with songs from popular films is fun, upbeat and filled with plenty of variety that is a delight to listen to. It has to be said that many of the songs that The Overtones have selected for this album have been covered quite a lot over the years, so it can be […]
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If I Can Dream – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Album Review
This latest number one album is an exquisitely arranged record that shows the rich variety of Elvis’s vocals. It is amazing how much this album reveals about the richness and variety of Elvis’s voice. Those who have listened to his music know how distinctive his voice is anyway but by putting his voice with the Royal Philharmonic […]