French composer Henri Dutilleux has died at the age of 97, . I recently wrote about his exquisite catalogue of pieces in my . His is music of luminous enchantment that was only becoming more popular with audiences and performers - and will go on doing so. If you haven't already, immerse yourself in this magical, translucent soundworld, and discover the music that just might become the most...
festivals kick off this weekend in Castle Park, Bristol, with Nile Rodgers, Soul II Soul, Ghostpoet, and many more taking to the stage. As the summer festival season gets underway, they tell us what's on their soundtrack • Add your favourite summer tunes in the comments belowEverybody Dance – ChicChic and Nile Rodgers are absolutely massive. Rodgers has had a hand in some of the greatest...
Enjoyed serves up a summery slice of disco-tinged wonder, which should ease you into the weekend nicelyChances are that in the wake of Daft Punk's success with Get Lucky (the UK's biggest-selling single of 2013 so far), there will probably be quite a few dance songs edging closer to the glitterball in the coming weeks and months. While the work of Enjoyed – aka Hampshire's Peter Evans Pritchard...
To honour the late Ray Manzarek, we offer a vintage interview with the Doors – first published in the New York Times in December 1968 – from , the online home of great music writing"Play Light My Fire!" "Yeah, Light My Fire!" Out of the vastness of the Los Angeles Forum, its 18,000 seats filled on a December Saturday night with the cream of LA's teenybopper set, came the...
Star Wars and The Hobbit actor Christopher Lee will release his second album Chalemagne: The Omens Of Death on his 91st birthday, with the record dropping on May 27.
Singer says he intends to make a family holiday out of his weekend on Worthy Farm and will search out the 'cool places'Mick Jagger was widely rumoured to be the Rolling Stone most doubtful about the band's decision to play Glastonbury. But it sounds as if he is going to be getting into the spirit of the festival after all.Rather than getting helicoptered on and off the site to play the show, the...
(ECM)This release by Keith Jarrett's celebrated Standards Trio in the group's 30th year was recorded live four years ago – so it's safe to say that the fastidious leader must now be happy with this set of improvisations on classics, including the West Side Story title track, Miles Davis's Solar, and two originals. The trio has demonstrated the ambiguities in its name by exploring standards as...
Empire Of The Sun play dress-up on catchy new track Alive while Queens Of The Stone Age shine on My God Is The Sun.
Soul II Soul's Jazzie B reveals the six tracks on his playlist right now, including Hypocrites by Bob Marley and Battle by Wookie.
(Dead Oceans)There's a lovely, skittering energy to the second album from Brazos, a restlessness that reflects the band's fitful existence. Four years ago, they were based in Austin, Texas, and released a debut album, , that took inspiration from poet ; shortly after its release, frontman Martin Crane moved to Brooklyn, shedding the rest of the band in the process. His current collaborators,...

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