Dalia Stasevska returned to the orchestra’s podium with a world premiere and subtly linked works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius. Read entire story.
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Kimmel Center Follows Through, Evicts Philly Pops
The arts presenter removed the Philly Pops as a resident company, “shutting the group out of Verizon Hall and removing customers’ ability to buy Pops tickets from its website.” – Philadelphia Inquirer Read entire story.
Source: MUSIC – ArtsJournal
Biig Piig: Bubblegum review – buoyant debut mixtape
(RCA)The BBC Sound of 2023 longlisted singer-songwriter is appealingly candid on this genre-hopping setFor the past five years, the Irish artist Jessica Smyth has been releasing lithe, bilingual (English and Spanish) pop songs under the moniker Biig Piig to growing acclaim. She was recently named as part of the … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
Lucinda Williams review – dirt mixed with tears in an evening of consummate Americana
Barbican, LondonThe singer-songerwriter leaned in to the precariousness of life as she paid tribute to lost friends, including Jeff Beck and Tom PettyThere has always been an emotional vulnerability to the music of Lucinda Williams. Roots, blues, country, Americana, call it what you will – above all, hers are … Read entire story.
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Martha Wainwright: ‘My happiest decade is also my saddest – this decade’
The singer-songwriter on her famous musical family, coping with death, divorce and parenting, and how her childhood was still easier than Prince Harry’sMartha Wainwright, 46, is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, daughter of folk musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and sister of singer-composer Rufus Wainwright. She has … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian