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Beyonce again proves to be center of pop universe

Friday, 6 May 2016, 15:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

And so it was this weekend, amid deep mourning for a lost icon, music's queen dropped "Lemonade," an arresting display of what technically qualifies as videos and singles, but is better described as a...

Jayhawks ride rocky path to reformation

Thursday, 5 May 2016, 15:11 Last update: about 10 years ago

To a certain extent, singer-songwriter Gary Louris is fighting against history by reforming the Jayhawks. "The precedent isn't very good as far as bands putting out their best work late in their...

Rufus Wainwright sings Shakespeare on new album

Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 15:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Rufus Wainwright appears in many guises on "Take All My Loves," composing, producing, arranging and, least of all, singing. Instead, he presents nine of the Bard of Avon's sonnets as individual...

Ben Watt has a mature view of love on "Fever Dream"

Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 15:17 Last update: about 10 years ago

Ben Watt's new chapter as singer-songwriter, an endeavor first launched before he and wife Tracey Thorn formed Everything But The Girl, offers a mature treatise on love and the passing of time....

The Titanic and WWI inspire Brian Eno's 'The Ship'

Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 15:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Brian Eno combines ambient textures with droning vocals and a sterling cover of a Lou Reed tune on "The Ship," a powerfully challenging and gloomy recording that ends in bright revelation. Eno...

An evening of French music with Pascal and Ami Rogé

Monday, 2 May 2016, 16:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Teatru Manoel presents the final of this season's Wednesdays at the Manoel series with a great evening of French music performed by Pascal and Ami Rogé on 4 May at 8pm. Pascal Rogé...

Santana gets the band back together for 'Santana IV'

Thursday, 28 April 2016, 16:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

On "Santana IV," Carlos Santana is reunited with the core musicians from the band's first three albums, restoring the team concept to a name more immediately associated with his solo career since the...

Peter Wolf stresses country on 'Cure For Loneliness'

Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 16:47 Last update: about 10 years ago

Peter Wolf's "A Cure for Loneliness," just his third solo album since 2002, is a mostly laid-back effort reverberating with thoughtful country tones. Wolf has kept the bar high since "Long Line,"...

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