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The city’s thriving and genre-blending Latin music scene is celebrated in this month’s La Linea festival
A zesty, often satirical swirl of dialogue and operetta, zarzuela is back in the spotlight — and once seen, it’s never forgotten . . .
Lemper is touring with a show that reflects on her stellar career as a singer, performer and cabaret icon
Aigul Akhmetshina in the title role has a voice that fills the London auditorium with sound and colour
New series looks back on Seattle’s draconian 1985 Teen Dance Ordinance
Widely covered following its 1972 release, the ‘reggae rock’ track was revived in a 1980s TV advert for a coffee brand
The best covers show that the distance between singers of different age, race and gender is much shorter than we think
The 81-year-old found fame in London’s Swinging Sixties celebrating his ancient art form
Lush, laid-back instrumentals and a warm atmosphere entice on the Houston trio’s latest record
The musician Annie Clark loves flasher coats, food candles and phone calls
The virtuoso and his two accompanists played with spontaneity and high skill at this London gig
Sale to Swedish entertainment group Pophouse set to ‘fulfil the band’s vision to become immortal’
The market thinks there’s a catch, but there might be growth potential not far away, in Japan
The singer had her vocals sampled by Coldplay yet she still seems like an undiscovered gem
An unusual double album brings together works by Claude Debussy and Armenian composer Komitas Vardapet
The Canadian singer-songwriter’s new album merges the personal with the political to delicious effect
The programme reflected themes of endurance, loss and defiance
Inspired by a real woman, the 1957 song was later covered by artists such as Cliff Richard and Lou Reed
Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson join the singer’s posse for a record ranging from hoedown to psychedelic rock
The executive on the streaming boom, the challenge of AI — and taking Harry Styles to see Luton FC
The period production in New York offers three house debuts
In this ode to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and more, James Kaplan evokes a pivotal moment in modern music
Wearyingly trite production portrays the late singer as a saintly perfectionist
Break-ups reoccur throughout the songs, but they lack the vim of the record’s hit single
This deeply personal record was made after the Belgian musician’s first visit to his mother’s native Hong Kong
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