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Live review Shinedown – rock showmen ride towards arena stardom
4 out of 5 stars.With their positive affirmations, pop sensibilities and hair-metal heaviness, the Tennessee group unites rock fans young and old -
‘Everything we’d learned in the studio went into the recording. It would take 26 people to re-create the song live’
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The director of Selma and A Wrinkle in Time, who has access to the late musician’s archive, says she will make the film ‘with love’ -
Order comes after Williams’ hit Happy was played at an event just hours after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue -
To mark the return of the key change-loving Irish balladeers, here’s a celebration of music’s most comfortable accessory
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The US singer/songwriter on the political art of Nina Chanel Abney, her love of interior design and relating to Incredibles 2 -
The 76-year-old’s new album is a rebuke to the president – and a startling return to form. Years of misogyny, however, have prepared her for the backlash -
The Pretty Things were known for wild 60s singles and the album SF Sorrow. From starring in a sex comedy to a lifetime ban from New Zealand, they share 50 years of anecdotes -
The hip-hop trio are equally at home discussing depression and suicide as they are the slow demise of the Brooklyn neighbourhood they are named after
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Kitty Empire's artist of the week Sons of Kemet – blown away by a fiery black history lesson
4 out of 5 stars.The Mercury prize-shortlisted London jazz quartet salute women of colour and attack the monarchy on the dazzling first date of their UK tour -
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SCO/Swensen John McLeod concerto brims with energy
3 out of 5 stars.McLeod’s Nordic Fire was created for principal violist Jane Atkins, but the Scottish Chamber Orchestra shared in the brilliance of the writing -
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Kacey Musgraves – golden disco-country loses a little sheen
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Hayley Kiyoko – tongue-twisters from teen pop rebel
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Album of the week Robyn: Honey – beautifully personal pop perfection
5 out of 5 stars.By manipulating the modern pop palette to craft a complex heartbreak album, Robyn shows her imitators how it’s done -
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Jazz album of the month Myra Melford's Snowy Egret: The Other Side of Air – kaleidoscopic improv workout
4 out of 5 stars.The American avant-garde pianist gathers an impressive group of partners for this crisp, complex album -
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Forty years after its chart peak, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) is the classic Pride anthem and the subject of academic symposia. Not bad for a drag queen who was ‘just trying to get on to the radio’
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In music, the joy of sex has been supplanted by nihilism and melancholy. Has the digital age made pop lose its loving feeling? -
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Kendrick Lamar Reading and Leeds festival review – glittery GCSE blowout has most diverse lineup yet
4 out of 5 stars.From Dua Lipa’s choreographed pop to Kendrick Lamar’s rap blitzkreig, R&L expanded beyond the indie faithful – but Sex on Fire still got the biggest singalong -
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Taylor Swift Robyn: Honey review – beautifully personal pop perfection
5 out of 5 stars.By manipulating the modern pop palette to craft a complex heartbreak album, Robyn shows her imitators how it’s done -
Sheeran’s single Shape of You is the music platform’s most-streamed song since it launched
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The former Pavement frontman answered questions on his fly-fishing exploits, Berlin’s nightlife and getting slated by Beavis and Butthead -
Thousands will ring bells with Yoko Ono to kick off July 2019 arts festival, ahead of a dystopian rave from Skepta and a musical by Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah -
He was playing arenas with rap trio Marvell – then lost it all. Now, after a powerful freestyle about the Grenfell tower fire, Shocka is back, and preaching a message of self-care
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Order comes after Williams’ hit Happy was played at an event just hours after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue
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A steady decline in circulation of the music press, epitomised by the closure of NME this year, has created new opportunities for stalwarts and niche titles alike
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Recorded, scrapped, then hastily revised, the mercurial creativity of Bob Dylan’s most personal and honest album is laid bare in a six-CD set, More Blood, More Tracks -
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When David Bowie headlined the festival in 2000, the BBC cut him off – and switched to Michael Eavis singing Elvis instead. As the channel finally airs more of the show, the man responsible fesses up
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