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  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard — twisty quartet jazz

    Saxophonist Ben Wendel leads a disciplined working band across a thrilling original set

    A man in a green suit stands on a lawn holding a saxophone under his arm. Directly behind him is a large blue sheet which partially conceals a wooded area in the background
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Tucker Zimmerman: Dance of Love — cult folk singer collaborates with Big Thief

    The artist — whom David Bowie once called ‘enthralling’ — releases his 11th album with support from the indie-roots band

    Close-up photo of an older man with grey hair and a grey beard
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Six films to watch this week
    In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon — an appraisal of a songwriting titan

    From Garfunkel to ‘Graceland’, Alex Gibney’s sprawling documentary makes you want to revisit the star’s best work

    A black-and-white photo of Paul Simon seated in a bath playing guitar
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    My American Story: North — Daniil Trifonov’s latest album bristles with virtuosity

    The pianist covers concertos, jazz and swing, film soundtracks, modernism and minimalism

    A bearded man wearing a black leather jacket leans his elbow against the table of a retro-looking diner
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    The Smile: Cutouts — Thom Yorke’s side-project gets under the skin

    The Radiohead frontman, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner combine for their second album in a year

    Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner and Thom Yorke, all with shaggy hair, stand together unsmiling in front of foliage and a lake
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Review
    A darkly intense Peter Grimes from Dutch National Opera — review

    Staging of Britten’s opera delivers a narrative of nightmarish communal violence

    A man wearing a bright yellow waterproof jacket lies in a spotlight clutching a fishing net
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Interview
    Singer Elaha Soroor on her anthem for Afghan women

    The musician uses songs to respond to the Taliban’s brutal suppression of female voices

    A woman wearing black looks over her shoulder and down at the camera
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Interview
    Composer Caroline Shaw: ‘I’ve learnt to know what I’m good for’

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning musician has worked with megastars but remains loyal to her chamber music roots

    A woman poses for a picture in a park
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    The Life of a Song
    Low Rider — War’s 1975 track celebrated a thriving subculture

    The insistently catchy song was inspired by Mexican Americans and their souped-up cars

    A group of men wearing 1970s clothes stand in a room playing musical instruments
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    ObituaryKris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson, singer, songwriter and actor, 1936-2024

    He broke the mould in Nashville but was rarely satisfied with his work

    Musician Kris Kristofferson
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    FT Series
    HTSI special: the art of intimacy

    Our autumn arts special features Rebecca Hall, Andrew O’Hagan, the Rohrwacher sisters and many more

    Midnight swim (all the blue in the world), 2023, by Christopher Hartmann
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Five stars for Igor Levit’s rich recording of Brahms’ Piano Concertos

    Christian Thielemann conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in this triple album that also includes a set of solo piano pieces

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    HTSI
    Hocus focus: the witch guide to autumn 2024

    Something wicked this way comes…

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Seun Kuti and Egypt 80: Heavier Yet — the sound of rebellion

    The son of Fela Kuti revives his father’s revolutionary spirit on a record filled with furious percussion

    A man wearing a white cord jacket and beaded necklaces holds a saxophone and raises his left fist defiantly
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    ReviewAlbums
    Come, gentle listener, and bathe in Coldplay’s cosmic Moon Music

    The band’s latest record is all billowing orchestrations, celestial shimmers and feelgood messages

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Pink Floyd agrees deal to sell music rights to Sony for $400mn

    The deal struck this week marks the end of years of infighting among band members over the sale

    Pink Floyd at a photo session in the Japanese garden, Tokyo, March 1972
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Review
    English National Opera opens season with stylish La bohème and Suor Angelica

    Funding cuts mean the number of productions is down but two stagings of Puccini show that the quality remains

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    London’s K-Music Festival brings traditional Korean sounds with a contemporary twist

    Season of shows gift performances that are far from the ultra-processed offerings of K-pop

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Review
    London Philharmonic Orchestra and English Touring Opera launch new seasons with Joyce DiDonato and fairytale opera

    Glitz and smart programming galore at Royal Festival Hall and Hackney Empire

  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Review
    Janet Jackson sticks to the script in London show after unwise Kamala Harris comments

    The singer crammed almost 40 tracks into a diligent but bland performance at the O2 Arena

  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    ReviewArts
    The Wonder of Stevie podcast review — unabashed celebration of a musical colossus

    Pop stars and celebrities — including Barack and Michelle Obama — discuss the musician’s 1970s masterpieces

    A man sits at an array of keyboards and synthesisers, singing into a microphone
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Interview
    Yuval Sharon wants to create an ‘anti-elite’ opera

    Detroit Opera House’s artistic director on the battle to balance tradition and innovation

    A man conducts an orchestra onstage
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    The Life of a SongFrom Judy Garland to Adele, the stories behind 22 songs from musicals and films
    Lara’s Theme — melody from Dr Zhivago travelled far and wide

    Named after Julie Christie’s character in the 1965 film, Maurice Jarre’s tune became a global hit with added lyrics

    A woman stands in a snowy landscape, wearing a fur hat and coat; the neck of a stringed instrument, such as a balalaika, is visible in the foreground
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    FT SeriesHTSI special: the art of intimacy
    HTSI editor’s letter: the art of intimacy

    Rebecca Hall, Arooj Aftab, Louis Fratino, and Alba and Alice Rohrwacher lead a meditative autumn arts special

    Alice and Alba Rohrwacher at the Hotel Locarno, Rome
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    FT SeriesDon’t miss – HTSI’s most popular stories
    How to spend it… in October

    15 brilliant things to do, buy and eat this month, as recommended by HTSI writers

    Bob Colacello, Buckingham Palace, London, 2001, by Jonathan Becker
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