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Rory Mullarkey

Articles By Rory Mullarkey

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Moroccan Gnawa comes to Manhattan with 'Saha Gnawa...

A mix of tradition and Afrofuturism, acoustic and electronic, east and west fumigating in a cauldron of rhythms, chants, solo explorations and...

Albert Herring, English National Opera review - a great come...

Britten’s Albert Herring is one of the great 20th century comic operas; only Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Barry’s The...

Iron Ladies review - working-class heroines of the Miners...

The enduring image of the 1984-1985 Miners' Strike is that of men standing arm in arm against police and of mass protests devolving into mayhem –...

Blu-ray: The Man in the White Suit

The best Ealing comedies are surely the three...

Solomon, OAE, Butt, QEH review - daft Biblical whitewashing...

Forty years ago, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was born, and I heard Handel’s Solomon in concert for the first time. Charles...

The Woman in Cabin 10 review - Scandi noir meets Agatha Chri...

A fizzy mystery cocktail with a twist and a splash, The Woman in Cabin 10, based on Ruth Ware’s bestseller, sails along like the sleek...

Soulwax’s 'All Systems Are Lying' lays down some t...

It’s seven years since the Belgian brothers Dewaele unleashed their fine, largely instrumental and foot-stomping Essential album on the...

Two-Piano Gala, Kings Place review - shining constellations

Never mind the permutations (anything up to eight hands on the two pianos); feel the unwavering quality of the eight pianists and the 13 works,...