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.
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Park Jiha, Stone Nest, K-Music - timeless evocative East-Wes...
Even those with the vaguest most tangential connection to pop music will be aware that K-Pop is all conquering, and the likes of BTS and...
Remembering Wilko: unforgettable encounters with the Dr Feel...
Looking back on the most exciting, atmospheric and musically challenging gigs I’ve seen to date, there are several contenders in each category....
An open letter from Dame Sarah Connolly and colleagues to Ar...
The decision of Arts Council England to withdraw funding from the...
Matilda the Musical review - a dizzying, smartly subversive...
I bow to no one in my affection for Matilda the Musical onstage, which I've loved across multiple iterations, from Stratford-upon-Avon to...
Baghdaddy, Royal Court review - Middle-Eastern magic realism
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim approach, all the better to educate and inform...
A Child of Our Time, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - the spirit s...
Half a century ago, Michael Tippett’s A Child of our Time felt inescapable. For a youth-choir singer in the London of that period, his...
Album: Stormzy - This Is What I Mean
“All of this music, it’s nothing to do with the listener,” Stormzy announced to Louis Theroux in a recent TV interview. “All I can do is feel what...
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review - grand, class-cons...
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out sequel is an even more brightly entertaining puzzle picture, revelling in the old-fashioned glamour of enviably...
Mary Gauthier, Union Chapel review - a living room concert i...
Mary Gauthier’s first tour in more than three years landed at London’s Union Chapel on Saturday, concluding with another sold-out gig. The venue...
Music Reissues Weekly: Love - Expressions Tell Everything
Any reminder of the greatness of Love is welcome, and Expressions Tell Everything does this in fine style. A box set, it...