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Three Grammy nominations, campaigning for Bernie Sanders, running a fintech firm — Michael Render is not your average emcee
The French composer’s piano pieces are interleaved with short morsels by American iconoclast John Cage
The Detroit-raised MC rakes over a life of success and addiction in imaginative tracks
The music of the exiled four-piece has become heavier, with distorted guitars and desolate vocals
Collaborations are tapping into the rhythmic, mechanical and aesthetic properties of timepieces
Her 49th solo studio album features Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks and Sting
The singer swapped his usual slick and mellifluous style for creaky gothic atmosphere and overbearing music
The keyboard player and vocalist brought the funk for two hours. Plus: Emma Rawicz and Avishai Cohen at Cadogan Hall
They heap praise on stars Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, even though the film covers uncomfortable ground
Plus: Roxy Coss at club Toulouse Lautrec hit the ground running
A production which looked muddled this summer makes much more sense with a cast of younger singers
Concert led by Michael Barenboim went ahead at Queen Elizabeth Hall while protesters passed outside
The rapper pitched self-belief and self-doubt at each other with swagger and struggle
The song from West Side Story has fascinating roots — and a fruitful afterlife
The actor and musician is back in the rehearsal room with a new play and an album inspired by the River Lea
Moods are enhanced by synthetic sounds as the Finnish trumpeter leads an impressive quartet
The TikTok star’s easy-going vocals are the sung equivalent of a voice memo
The electronic duo’s recent move away from pop crossovers has paid off
Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev’s energy drives the No 3 along and the No 5 unfolds with urgency
Handel’s biblical oratorio becomes Puritans vs Georgian revellers in Oliver Mears’s staging
The Mercury Prize-winning band succeeded in their mission ‘to bring joy to this building’
The South African musician discusses drawing from his native traditions ahead of his concerto’s London premiere
Anthony Davis’s opera reaches the Met stage nearly 40 years after it was first performed
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