Van Hove transitioned from his status as an avant-garde darling to a mainstay of the mainstream a decade or so ago with his ...

Bah-humbuggers like me are happy to pass over seasonal fare, maybe excepting a Messiah or Christmas Oratorio, and look ahead ...

Don't be fooled by the shambling geniality which first defines Bryan Cranston's Joe Keller at the start of the Belgian ...

If you’re old enough to remember LPs and the lost art of reading sleeve notes (let alone writing them), this one’s for you.

Rufus Wainwright has long expressed his admiration for “pop music with an operatic sensibility, the profane with the divine”, ...

It’s not often that a band manages to get a Birmingham crowd dancing from the front of the stage to the back of the hall.

Mrs Bluebird” is one of the great singles. Released in May 1968, it is airy yet lush. The filigreed harmony vocals are like ...

Out of the hundreds of gigs, surprises and collaborations that make up the London Jazz Festival (LJF), this review focuses on ...