Articles in Music
by Dasha Afanasieva
Robin Norton-Hale’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème is not really opera as we know it. It’s cheap, it’s in a pub and it’s accompanied by a piano. The whole thing feels very …
by Tom Fraser
Colin Jones’ new exhibition of photographs invites viewers to hit the road, eavesdrop on recording sessions and share downtime with one of rock’s most influential acts.
by Gabriella Apicella
The story of Jesco White is horrifyingly unbelievable. The bleakly uncomplicated beginnings of his drug addiction took place a mere six years after the beginning of his life, when he first began …
by James Cooper
There can’t be anything more depressing if you’re a musician than to be described as ‘big in country x’. It implies that you’re not ‘big’ in the places you probably want to …
by Cathy Thomas
Every July, the beautiful Suffolk scenery plays host to a festival dedicated to all things artsy. It’s a cliché, as reiterated by each and every comedian that graces the stage, that Latitude is …
by Lee Baker
The Sound Source, a new experimental music night in Kings Cross, had an unexpectedly high-brow veneer when I went last month, but the experience was mostly about pleasure, pure and simple.
by Lee Baker
The combination of the virtuoso Cuban violinist Omar Puente with members of an acclaimed Venezuelan youth orchestra promised to be a fiery pairing, stoked by the associations of revolution and Latin America.
The programme …
by Lee Baker
Last Sunday’s concert at the Barbican of contemporary Chinese music performed by San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet and the Chinese lute-player Wu Man achieved the difficult feat of being both delicately ceremonial and earthily …
by Tommy Wide
The Green Man Festival – Glanusk Park
Artists: Super Furry Animals, Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling, Spiritualized, Pentangle, The National, Los Campesinos!
www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk
‘And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the …
by Tristan Summerscale
NFTU went to check out Latitude 2008 in Suffolk a couple of weeks ago, this is what we thought:
It’s slightly enigmatic tagline is “It’s more than just a music …
