Music
Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue
Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at Balliol, singer-songwriter, and bassist. Meeting me on a blustery Saturday afternoon outside the Ashmolean, Phoebe...
Men used to go to war – now they DJ
Why are so many people becoming DJs? This recent obsession has taken the world...
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer...
Cherwell Introduces: Menu3
Joining me this week, are four members of Menu3: Nicole 2nd year biochemist/lead singer,...
American Odyssey- The world building of Lana del Rey’s music
"The past decade of Lana del Rey’s music has ventured from the deserts and neon-lights of Las Vegas to the streets of New York, Hollywood, and eventually rural California."
A beautiful, entrancing mess of an album – with a piercing social critique
Clementine produces an sophomore album far from easy listening, writes Clara Dijkstra
Crete’s mountain musician of mystery
Jonathan Egid sheds light on one of Crete's most intriguing characters
The music of Latin American revolution
Daniel Antonio Villar explores the legacy of the Nueva Trova
A unique and uncomfortable experience
Lil Peep is our greatest living icon, writes Joe Bavs
Ignore the naysayers, opera is for everyone
Many have dismissed opera as unaffordable and elitist – they are missing out, writes Jack Pepper
Feel good indie for the oncoming winter
Superfood’s outlook on the alternative scene is refreshingly optimistic, says Charlie Hackforth
Sad and Loud, Ryan Adams Live
Thomas Athey reports on an eventful show at The Sage
‘It’s even kind of morale boosting, in a Lana kind of way’
Nicola Dwornik praises Lana Del Rey's latest subtle reinvention
‘A nuanced and complex musical creation’
Thomas Athey finds Public Service Broadcasting's 'Every Valley' has many peaks
Oxford can’t afford to lose clubs like Cellar
The planned closure of Cellar is a warning sign of our city's creeping gentrification
Houghton Festival 2017 Review
The brand new Houghton Festival impresses, delights and transcends the music it focuses on all together.
Hannah Kessler: “Music is an incredibly therapeutic thing”
Lily Begg discusses subverting the male gaze, empowerment and juggling Oxford life with up and coming musician Hannah Kessler
Grief pushes music to its conceptual limits
Mount Eerie's 'A Crow Looked at Me' may seem like an abstract experiment, but with its personal context it is deeply affecting
“A fresh and beautiful contemporary jazz repertoire”
Ela Portnoy is overwhelmed by The Oxford Gargoyles' a capella performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
