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Jazz
Jazz, March 2025
Steve Harris  |  Apr 23, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review: Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory, Josephine Davies, Keith Jarrett and Immanuel Wilkins,

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Classical
Classical, March 2025
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 23, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review: Gilchrist Neary, Coleman; William Christie; Pioro, Dennis; and Frans Brüggen and Louis Andriessen

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Rock
Rock, March 2025
Mike Barnes  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review: Mogwai, Manic Street Preachers, Sam Amidon and Richard Dawson

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, March 2025
Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
This month we review: Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Neil Christian, Erik Deutsch, and Hawkwind
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, March 2025
Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review: Lori Lieberman, Ars Nova, Johnny Pacheco, and Simon & Garfunkel

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review and test releases from: Pat Metheny, Avishai Cohen, MaskXSoul, Daniel Pardo and Vince Guaraldi

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Vinyl Release
John Cale: Fear
Steve Sutherland  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
The Velvet Underground founder’s fourth solo LP is the perfect distillation of his genre-crossing genius, says Steve Sutherland, as he faces up to the 180g reissue

Pop quiz! Which artist musically links Happy Mondays, Nick Drake, Sham 69, The Stooges, Patti Smith, Brian Eno, Jonathan Richman, Nico and Squeeze? Answer: Lou Reed. Only joking! It’s his old Velvet Underground buddy John Cale, of course, otherwise why would we be mentioning it here?

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Classical Companion
Charles Ives American visionary
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

Modernist, patriot, man of faith, insurance broker: a new box illuminates one of classical music’s most singular voices, and his recording legacy, explored by Peter Quantrill

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Opinion
NXT’s flatpanel speaker
Steve Harris  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
Steve Harris looks at the legacy of NXT’s flatpanel speaker, which once promised to revolutionise audio replay. Did you realise the technology is now more widely available than ever before?
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Opinion
Never too old
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
The longevity of conductors can be misleading, says Peter Quantrill, when the sentiment of the occasion obscures the vitality of the music-making. Yet with age can come great wisdom...
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