Sebastian Scotney
Editor at LondonJazz News
Writer at The Economist
#stilleuropean/ @londonjazz editor/ @economist contributor / film+music reviewer for @theartsdesk / translate from FR & DE / in 30th season coaching @lwminirfc
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1 month ago |
theartsdesk.com | Sebastian Scotney
This album Firedove (Sony Classical), surely, has to be seen as part of a bigger story: that of organist, choir director and broadcaster Anna Lapwood, who, still in her twenties – just – has become an essential part of the (often cautious and conservative) classical music fabric of this country at a pace which defies belief. She works punishingly hard and has thoroughly earned her pivotal position both as performer and as advocate.
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1 month ago |
theartsdesk.com | Sebastian Scotney
In Emmanuel Courcol’s drama The Marching Band (En Fanfare in French, and also released as My Brother's Band), a struggling community band in a mining town in northern French has fallen on hard times. Elements of déjà vu, perhaps? Certainly, if you're from Northern England. But rather than the romance of Mark Herman’s Brassed Off (1996), The Marching Band focuses on the relationship between two brothers.
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1 month ago |
theartsdesk.com | Sebastian Scotney
Carl Craig (b.1969) is a leading Detroit electronic music producer and DJ whose Planet E Communications label has existed for over three decades. This 90-minute documentary, which was directed by Jean-Cosme Delaloye and features over thirty interviews, tells Craig's life story and attempts to define his importance. It's accompanied by a soundtrack largely comprising music recorded by him, either under his own name or under his many aliases.
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1 month ago |
theartsdesk.com | Sebastian Scotney
Does it spark joy? Yes, definitely...and maybe we music critics should ask the Marie Kondo question more often. London-based vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio and New Zealand-born, US-based pianist, arranger and composer Alan Broadbent have been prospering as a songwriting and performing partnership for more than a decade and have so far produced three strong albums.
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2 months ago |
theartsdesk.com | Sebastian Scotney
In this new album, three top-flight musicians based in Berlin, guitarist Ronny Graupe, Lucia Cadotsch (voice) and Kit Downes (piano) work collaboratively, superbly, as a real team. The music, some well-known tunes which Cadotsch sings hauntingly, and some original tunes by Graupe – it’s hard to tell them apart – just flows superbly.
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A privilege to contribute to the classical CD column at @theartsdesk . Graham Rickson does the heavy lifting, I get to write about some super discs - like Purcell and his contemps gloriously sung by @helencharlston on BIS https://t.co/bW23AOMQjk https://t.co/SKSwEbWTy0
RT @ArianeTodes: The Royal Family uses dangling modifiers. 😱🤓
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