(BMG)Kevin Rowland hasn’t written mere songs for his Dexys comeback; rather a West End musical. To call it a concept album underestimates its high-camp, red-velvet theatricality. The plot: man reflects on youth, and how he was “always dreaming of some …
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Dexys: One Day I’m Going to Soar – review
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Dionne Warwick – review
Royal Albert Hall, LondonIn the 1960s, Dionne Warwick became the muse and conduit for more than 30 immaculate pop nuggets by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Now she is undertaking a world tour to mark a 50-year career that has seen her remain a pop-…
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Michael Jackson’s Bad reissue to feature unseen video footage
The 25th anniversary edition of Jackson’s album will feature demos, previously unreleased songs and a never-before-seen 1988 Wembley concert videoMichael Jackson’s Bad will be reissued this autumn, with a never-before-seen video of the singer’s perform…
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Cold Specks: I Predict a Graceful Expulsion – review
(Mute)When mysterious, pseudonymous Canadian singing guitarist Al Spx first surfaced last year, her self-taught strangeness was as captivating as a field recording from the Deep South. Some of that strangeness survives on her debut, on the final track …
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