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The Irish band’s fourth album amplifies the sonic extremes of its prize-winning predecessor
Songs drift by in a reverie on this beautifully performed and sometimes baffling album
Kora, cello, sax and accordion combine in multiple genre-hopping combinations
Eight discs of orchestral works, chamber music and songs contain some real discoveries
The band revisit their back catalogue with varying degrees of success
Once acclaimed as the ‘future of pop’, the US duo are now releasing their second album
The pianist gives a flamboyant performance of Teddy Abrams’s Piano Concerto
The Trinidad-born virtuoso showcases the instrument’s edge and bite in an album of mostly original tracks
A cache of previously unreleased songs recorded by the Malian master between 1991 and 2004
Jonas Kaufmann is a superb Calaf on a disc that holds up against the opera’s great recordings of the past
The laureates of grotty Britain offer portraits of posturing punk bands and pointless punch-ups on their 12th album
The 77-year-old’s third album in as many years is a tribute to the 1950s music that first inspired him
The British rapper embraces positive thinking on his third album, which is more rock than hip-hop
Rather than succumb to syrupy cliché, the songs bring this well-worn but inexhaustible subject to life
A multi-faceted release highlights the scene’s exploratory fusion aesthetic
Baritone Konstantin Krimmel and pianist Hélène Grimaud perform with deeply felt eloquence
The Raincoats’ co-founder balances directness and humour in her debut solo release
Damon Albarn’s cartoon band release their eighth album but it lacks exuberance
The Haitian singer turns to universal themes of freedom and change in her latest release
A project to record a complete cycle of the piano concertos is resumed after two decades
Works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still and George Walker feature on this new album
The singer’s ninth album covers many bases while never fully harnessing her fearless energy
Lust mingles with tender sentiments on this Valentine’s Day release
This live set recorded at NYC’s Village Vanguard club features be-bop and classic blues
One of emo’s defining bands return to their roots but with an added sophistication
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