graham rickson
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Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds.
Articles By Graham Rickson
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Leeds International Piano Competition Finals, Leeds Town Hal...
It’s easy to forget that what you see in a competition final isn’t always the full story, the jury members’ votes in this case based on what had...
Album: Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic
Public Service Broadcasting’s latest addition in their on-going string of concept albums could reasonably be described as an impressionistic...
Anuvab Pal, Soho Theatre review - Empire and Bollywood colli...
Anuvab Pal may be a new name to some UK audiences (although many will know him from the global satirical podcast The Bugle), but he is...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 66: Etta James, BABii, George Harrison,...
As the summer folds away on itself, theartsdesk on Vinyl returns. Beset by backlogs at pressing plants and delayed by COVID, it's...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Help Yourself - Passing Through, The Com...
“Reaffirmation” is the sound of a San Francisco ballroom in 1968. The 12-minute long track opens mysteriously with what might be a Mellotron on...
The Story of Looking review – bedside musings on how and wha...
Mark Cousins, the multi-award winning director...
Podium odes to joy: conductors at the 2021 BBC Proms
They must have been especially overjoyed to be back in front of (or with back to the greater part of) a live audience. But inspiring musicians is...
Rose Plays Julie review - a sombre story of rape, adoption a...
Rose (Ann Skelly; The Nevers) is adopted. The name on her birth certificate is Julie and the possibility of a different identity –...
The Magic Flute, Royal Opera review - all but a guarantee of...
Rarely has the revolving door of opera twirled so efficiently. David...
Album: Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner...
For those amongst you who listened obsessively to the soundtrack of Call Me By Your Name, the idea of an album by cult...