There is so much that is right about Jonathan Kent’s new production of House of Games – the casting, the staging, the direction. But the flaw it can’t overcome is that the 1987 David Mamet screenplay ...

According to PUP lead singer Stefan Babcock, the Toronto foursome practiced together a grand total of twice before embarking on their current UK and European tour.Given the band’s well-known habit for ...

There was a wonderful festal spirit at the Wigmore Hall last night, as the vocal ensemble Stile Antico ran through a Greatest Hits selection in celebration of their 20th anniversary, in front of a ...

It is so disgraceful, what happened there,” says Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, in a comment that is the understatement of the century. She is referring to the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis in ...

Zoe Lyons knows her audience; as a few shoutouts confirmed, many of them are long-time fans, and have had lives with similar highs and lows along the way, and she delivers stories about her life that ...

Soul Scene,” by Echoes Limited, is built from elements of the James Brown sound. But it’s put together in such a way that the ...

You don't have to be greeting the modern day with a smile unsupported by events in the wider world to have a field day at ...

Huw Watkins’ Concerto for Orchestra, the fourth new work of his to be commissioned and premiered by the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder, is another beautifully crafted and highly appealing construction.It’s ...

Over the years Slade in Flame has been hailed as one of the greatest rock movies (albeit rarely seen or screened), up there with That’ll Be The Day or Performance.Like those films, it has grittiness ...

I never really got Radiohead, in no small part because of Thom Yorke’s singing. I appreciate his technical abilities and ...

It is a family affair at Supergrass shows these days. There were plenty of parents and offspring filing onto the Barrowland’s ...

Holsters, Stetsons and bluegrass music bring a distinctive flavour to this Wild West riff on Romeo and Juliet that flings us ...