Tag: music

Here are some of the best musical theatre songs centred around forgiveness

The reinvention of her ‘reputation’ is not a change of character nor a sudden shift in her attitude to the spotlight. The Reputation era was simply a rebranding of sound, lyricism, production and image which worked to provoke her audience and, ironically, sustain her reputation.

Some robotic pretentious waffle. Some cynical love songs. Some good hooks, a few nice bridges. Rinse and repeat for an album for an identikit album, with a dozen else out there the same.

A profile of the reclusive virtuoso

While some may hold the view of music as an absolute art form, the fact is that music is an integral part of human culture, society and our passion for protest

The opening track of George Ezra’s album Staying at Tamara’s moans ‘Why, why, what a terrible time to be alive’, and in 2018 this...

West Side Story has stood the test of time not just because of its artistic mastery, but because of its universal message. As the show’s choreographer Jerome Robbins once said, the show is about intolerance all over the world, not just in 1950s New York. In many ways, the show is more relevant today than it ever has been.

We should be wary of Spotify's control over the music we listen to

Music icons, including members of Radiohead and Foals, have supported the campaign to stop the closure of one of the oldest venues of its kind in Europe

"It's the same story told over and over; all an artist can do is say how they see it"

The current national anthem is boring, difficult-to-remember, and outdated – but which song should replace it?

Tchaikovsky in the opening credits of the World Cup - a subtle platform for LGBTQ+ rights in a hostile environment

Lola Grieve explores the underrepresentation of women in jazz in discussion with female jazz musicians at Oxford

The Faculty has been criticised for its "unacceptable" mistake