From Chris Martin and Coldplay at the Emirates in London to Tokyo and beyond, this is how the week in music looked around the world
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Rumer’s old music: Townes van Zandt – Flyin’ Shoes
It’s Rumer week at guardian.co.uk/music. She’s taking over the Old Music blog to talk about her favourite songs, and on Thursday we’ve got an exclusive interview lined up as well as a special live stream for you. First up, she takes a look at a classic…
Tagged with: Americana, Blogposts, Country, Culture, guardian.co.uk, Music, Pop and rock, Rumer
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Elvis Costello – review
City Hall, NewcastleWith a back catalogue as labyrinthine as Costello’s, the act of choosing a set list must be arduous and baffling. Hence the “Spinning Songbook”, whereby a fairground-style wheel containing the names of 40 songs is spun by members of…
Tagged with: Country, Culture, Elvis Costello, Music, Pop and rock, Punk, Reviews, The Guardian
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Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room – review
(Island)Full marks for nerve to Tom Jones for opening his second successive album of stripped-down gravitas rock with Leonard Cohen’s Tower of Song, transformed from hotel-bar funk into a finger-picked country blues. Cohen’s version is a mordant, …
Tagged with: Album reviews, Blues, Country, Culture, Leonard Cohen, Music, Pop and rock, Reviews, The Guardian, Tom Jones, Tom Waits
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Willie Nelson: ‘If we made marijuana legal, we’d save a whole lotta money and lives’
The veteran musician on God, politics, his favourite singer and why weed should be decriminalisedWhat were the songs that made you realise you wanted to be a musician?When I first started out, I sang a lot in church. Amazing Grace was the first song th…
Tagged with: Country, Culture, Features, Interviews, Music, Pop and rock, The Guardian, Willie Nelson
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