stephen walsh
Bio
Stephen is a former Observer music critic and a regular contributor to The Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent and the BBC. He is the author of a major biography of Stravinsky and other books on Stravinsky, Bartók and Schumann. He holds a chair in music at Cardiff University.
Articles By Stephen Walsh
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The Dance of Death, Arcola Theatre review - hate sustains a...
Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaptation of August Strindberg's...
2022 Parliamentary Jazz Awards: baubles, bromides and birthd...
The winners of this year's Parliamentary Jazz Awards were...
Album: Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Toast
Neil Young put Toast to one side in 2001, dismayed at its blue emotional terrain. Depicting his marriage to Pegi Young hanging by a...
Love Supreme Festival, Sunday review - eclectic jazz on the...
By day three of any festival things are usually winding down. But there was a sense that...
Album: Vyvyan - Y
After four years, three releases and a slew of remixes, the identity of spotlight-shunning producer Vyvyan ended up the subject of intense...
theartsdesk at the East Neuk Festival 2022 - on Cloud Nine f...
Last year’s relatively slimline East Neuk Festival felt like a feast in time of plague. This July everything was back to full strength in numerous...
Jessie Burton: The House of Fortune review - a muted, sensit...
A sequel is always a hard thing to write, especially if the book that precedes it is a bestseller, adapted for television and read by more than a...
Album: Viagra Boys - Cave World
The third album from Stockholm rowdies Viagra Boys doesn’t muck about with what they do, but it’s more persistently punkin’ than their last. There...
Mick Jagger: My Life as a Rolling Stone review, BBC Two - th...
At the beginning of this film, Mick Jagger says: “What most...
Alcina, Glyndebourne review - Handel on the strand
Reviewing the Grange Festival production of Tamerlano the other day, I noted the difficulty...