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Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood review – alto sax player’s hugely ambitious meditation on his roots
- The young American taps into generational memory with assorted guest vocalists and a rich, rewarding palette of styles and moods
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The 10 best jazz albums of 2020
The 10 best jazz albums of 2020Alongside archive recordings from Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and inventive new releases by Maria Schneider and Carla Bley, 2020 had plenty of spectacular fusions
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Grace Jones' Meltdown: Solange, Peaches and more set for Southbank festival
Solange, Peaches and Skunk Anansie are among the acts unveiled as part of Grace Jones’ Meltdown.The 10-day festival — which has in the past been helmed by the likes of David Bowie, Yoko Ono and Nile Rodgers — returns to the Southbank Centre for its 27th edition this June.
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Grace Jones' Meltdown: Solange, Skunk Anansie and Lee Fields to play
Grace Jones' Meltdown: Solange, Skunk Anansie and Lee Fields to play. Curator of the London festival’s 27th edition announces trailblazers including Oumou Sangaré, Jimmy Cliff and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, as well as an ‘extraordinary’ show of her own
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Album reviews: Creep Show, Yo La Tengo, The Magic Gang and more
Early on, a luxuriantly-bearded John Grant mutters just “Cabaret Voltaire”, an influence clearly in evidence on his last two albums. At the heart of Creep Show’s singular aesthetic is the contrast between Grant’s upholstered croon and Mallinder’s more fragmentary vocals, as heavily treated here as in Cabaret Voltaire.
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Idina Menzel criticised for joking about slitting her wrists
Menzel – who is best known for voicing Elsa in the Disney animation Frozen – made the comment as she promoted her new TV film, Beaches. “There's this Meshell Ndegeocello album, Bitter, that I just can't listen to. Menzel was accused of showing “a lack of education” by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California.
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Frozen star Idina Menzel criticised for saying album makes her want to ‘slit my wrists’
Actress Idina Menzel has been criticised by a mental health charity for joking that a music album made her want to slit her wrists. The Broadway star, best known for voicing Elsa in the Disney animation Frozen, made the comment as she promoted her new television movie Beaches - a remake of the 1988 film which starred Bette Midler. "There's this Meshell Ndegeocello album, Bitter, that I just can't listen to.
