Lyrics convey impressions and fragmentary thoughts to evoke a state between waking and sleeping
The singer, real name Roseanne Park, sings with feeling on decent but ultimately generic songs
Inside the companies transforming the transactional
Conductor John Wilson fires up the drama, with the BBC Philharmonic at the top of its game
The North Shields singer-songwriter was on great form near the end of a sold-out tour of the UK and Ireland
Expressive singing from Anna Netrebko and Brian Jagde lifts a risk-averse staging of Verdi
The group channel their icy sound into medieval carols and newer songs
Pop star’s record-breaking run sold 10mn tickets across 149 shows
Lightning hitting a plane? A childhood toy? Stories vary as to the origins of a song that sealed the band’s comeback
The album is the latest in a series of tribute records released by the Louisiana-raised roots-rocker
The ‘Tigress of Cremona’ continues to sing with vigour on her 76th studio album
The label’s breakthrough headliners perform on an original set ranging from the ecstatic to the contemplative
Yuja Wang shines as the solo pianist alongside a never-better Boston Symphony Orchestra
‘Very unfair’ for tech companies to use artists’ work without paying them, says pop legend and head of advocacy group
Also in London: Bryn Terfel returns in an impressive cast in the Royal Opera’s ‘Tosca’
Charles King’s stories of the people involved in the music’s creation make for a fascinating exploration of the era’s politics, economics and culture
A starry cast of singers battled valiantly through the work’s world premiere at La Monnaie in Brussels
Borne along on the tide of technology, it is far too easy to forget that some things really were better quality in the past
Olivier Py’s 2008 staging of Stravinsky’s opera is revived at the Palais Garnier — and it hasn’t aged well
Richard Strauss’s opera is staged and sung in New York with brilliance and clarity
The Met is on a mission to win over a wider — and younger — audience with a pioneering programme of contemporary works
Radical and provocative song has been kept alive by the Nigerian bandleader’s sons and stars such as Beyoncé
The singer’s energy levels at the O2 Arena were matched by the audience’s electrified response
Belfast trio were denied arts funding by then business secretary Kemi Badenoch over political views
Canadian rival’s filing claims record label paid radio stations and streamers to boost popularity of US rapper’s ‘Not Like Us’
