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Here is What Great Philosophers Thought of Music

While philosophers and scholars of the pre-modern era kept studying music from a harmonic point of view and often delved deeper into the concept “musica ... Read more

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Actor Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest after police shut down crowded event

Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, a well-attended event that drew an order to disperse from police and at least one arrest

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Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. She was 79. Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer. Garr battled other health problems in […]

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Sugar - Copper Blue

NME’s Album of the Year for 1992 reissued with a wealth of worthwhile extras.




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Rumer - Boys Don’t Cry

Sarah Joyce covers male songwriters both culty and canonical on album number two.




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The Bamboos - Medicine Man

The Australians’ hybrid soul and funk sound continues to impress.




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Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats

The truth about Regina Spektor is that quirky isn't the half of it.




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The Pond - The Pond

An elegant, charming and quietly profound record.




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Dexys - One Day I’m Going to Soar

Dexys are back with wisdom and wings. Some of us never doubted.




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Hollie Cook - Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook in Dub

Modern-day dub with authentic depth.




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Karin Krog and Bengt Hallberg - Cabin in the Sky

Krog is on absolutely top form, while Hallberg sounds just like himself.




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Gallon Drunk - The Road Gets Darker From Here

Seventh album of darkly rockin’ blues from Londoners channelling spirits of New Orleans.




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George Frideric Handel - Alceste (soprano: Lucy Crowe; tenor: Benjamin Hulett; bass-baritone: Andrew Foster-Williams; Early Opera Company; conductor: Christian Curnyn)

The incomplete ‘incidental music’ for Alceste, conducted with liveliness and sensitivity.




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Jack Savoretti - Before the Storm

Third album of gruffly sensitive strum-pop from tousle-haired Italian-English Londoner.




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TrioVD - Maze

One of the most inventive and transgressive albums you’ll encounter this year.




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Bobby Womack - The Poet

Womack updates his material for the 80s, creating grown-up sensual soul.





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Seven Ways to Procrastinate Less and Do More

Stop making excuses, procrastinators. Whether you overestimate your “natural talent”, complaining about “not having enough time” or being “too old to succeed anyway,” there is ... Read more

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“His father keeps a shop”: Behind Edward Elgar’s struggle for respectability

It was a music shop at 10 High Street in Worcester: “Elgar Bros. Pianoforte & Music Warehouse.” It was in this shop that young Edward ... Read more

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