Aside from elves on shelves, Rudolph, Santa’s unhealthy diet and other 20 th century customs, Christmas has long had folklore and traditions associated with it that, while not found in the biblical ...

London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Community Voices are joined by Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir for a powerful evening of Spirituals and Gospel. A big celebration of Gospel music has become an annual ...

It’s quite a jolt listening to Jubilee, Japanese Breakfast’s third album, for the first time. By now, Michelle Zauner, who pretty much is Japanese Breakfast together with her husband Peter Bradley, ...

English National Opera’s revival of HMS Pinafore promises buoyancy but quickly runs aground. Despite strong musical work and a committed cast, Cal McCrystal’s staging leans so heavily on laboured ...

Garsington Opera’s new production of Handel’s Rodelinda has it all – it’s a feast of glorious singing, brilliant production and the most accomplished orchestral performance you could ever hope to hear ...

An increase in volume paired with a new immediacy and confidence make this his most accessible album to date Ever since Keaton Henson‘s first album, back in 2012, his trademark has been a kind of ...

It’s rare these days for an artist to arrive, seemingly fully-formed, with no advance hype. At the risk of sounding like an old man shouting at a cloud, it’s all algorithms, Tik Toks and content ...

Mike Scott has made a 25-track album covering the cult actor’s life, and there’s even a song for each of his five wives. You may want to keep his Wiki open Mike Scott of The Waterboys has always been ...

BBC forces serve helpings of Bliss, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Wallen and Vaughan Williams for 2025’s First Night of the Proms. “Batiashvili’s response to all this subtle shading was to double down on it, ...

With an arsenal of glitchy samples, intricate MIDI programming and slithering synth leads, Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never has worked his way into the A-list of experimental electronica. It’s ...

English National Opera’s (ENO) new production of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking is a towering achievement – musically, dramatically and emotionally. Directed by Annilese Miskimmon ...

17 th and 18 th century jácaras and villancicos from Cantoría, one of Spain’s leading early-music ensembles. “…what was delivered was a deliciously entertaining tour de force in which rumbustiousness, ...