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Ten years ago, three leading young English folk musicians got together in a room and swapped some tunes– Rob Harbron, whose English concertina...

Since the first John Wick film from 2014 became an unexpected hit, the Wick franchise has blossomed into a booming business empire, also...

The act of idol worship is, at one and the same time, both distantly ancient and compellingly contemporary. Whether it is Superman, Wonder Woman...

Anna Clyne’s engaging First Person here led me to two of her works in a Philharmonia rainbow. She curated a woodwind-based gem of a 6pm programme...

It starts innocuously, with paint. A woman is sitting in a hardware store, studying a travel guide for colour ideas, while briefing the chap...

Director Brandon Cronenberg has inherited his...

Compared to her peers, Lana del Rey is mightily prolific. This is her eighth album since her breakthough eleven years ago (her ninth in total)....

“Why do we come to concerts?” asks Brett Anderson, Suede’s ringmaster and vocalist, before launching into an acoustic version of “The Wild Ones”...

What are the qualities that make a great conductor? It’s...

Depeche Mode’s Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, who died in May last year, was generally held to contribute to the dynamic of the band more than the music...