Evening Standard - Music

Talent meets attitude with Rox

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:41 GMT

Rox is the latest Brits school graduate to plan an assault on the charts and this south Londoner has something worth listening to.

Hideaway is a new star down south

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:53:08 GMT

Hideaway is a new restaurant and bar in South London launched by tenorist Ed Jones.

Jamie T feels the love

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:14:20 GMT

Jamie T's two Brixton Academy sell-outs confirmed that the 24-year-old is a genuine cult phenomenon set to explode into the mainstream.

Shock and awe rules ok for Rammstein

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:33:43 GMT

After six albums, German pyromaniacs Rammstein can still shock.

CDs of the week

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:13:26 GMT

Gil Scott-Heron is back after too long away and it has been seven years in the offing since Massive Attack were on the scene.

Why we're goo goo for Gaga

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:52:53 GMT

Lady Gagas crazy shows have subverted the rules of pop shes the only one to watch at this months Brit Awards.

Hitting higher notes in Lucia Di Lammermoor

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:47:43 GMT

Antony Walker's assured conducting in Lucia Di Lammermoor complements Alden's direction, making for a constantly gripping evening's musical theatre

New York Philharmonic is stuck in the comfort zone

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:22:21 GMT

The New York Philharmonic gave the first of a pair of concerts under its new music director, Alan Gilbert.

Christian Scott is dressed to impress

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:54:56 GMT

Everything about young New Orleans blade Christian Scott seemed calculated to impress.

The Imagined Village give English folk a global twist

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:23:26 GMT

The Imagined Village came together like, really came together at Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Jan Garbarek is a winter warmer

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:02:53 GMT

Teres an icy purity about Norwegian Jan Garbarek's saxophone sound that invokes his Scandinavian homeland.

Patience pays off for Cosi Fan Tutte

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:57:54 GMT

Intelligence can get dull. Jonathan Millers Cosi, revived at the Opera House, is a lucid and insightful take on the work. But it lacks charm.

KT Tunstall shines at SHIFT Festival

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:26:41 GMT

It was KT Tunstall fresh from finishing her album, who brought star quality, to SHIFT Festival.

Daniel Barenboim's tour de force

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:14:36 GMT

Who would have thought the Festival Hall would ever have been packed for a whole series of concerts featuring Schoenberg?

CDs of the week: Corinne Bailey Rae, Hot Chip and Lil Wayne

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:44:45 GMT

Unquestionably, The Sea confirms Bailey Rae as a near-major talent and Hot Chip releases his finest album to date.

The rise of the Maccabees

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:59:29 GMT

Brighton band The Maccabees's second album is so good they are releasing it twice.

Top bands to perform for war children

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:15:01 GMT

Kasabian and La Roux will perform an exclusive concert to help child war victims after this years Brit Awards.

Midlake have true Tex appeal

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:04:38 GMT

These were darker, wearier Midlake moments, missing the propulsive euphoria of older tracks such as Head Home and cult classic Roscoe.

Ellie Goulding lives up to the hype

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:46:52 GMT

Ellie Goulding's debut album, Lights, will not be released until March but the 23-year-old from Hereford has already been anointed as the sound of 2010.

Roll over Beethoven: classical concert to be like a rock gig

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:30:43 GMT

Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski is preparing for his first gig in a venue better known for hosting Jimi Hendrix, Oasis and Jay-Z.

Osmo Vänskä's stunning tribute to the mightiest finn

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:55:59 GMT

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä launched a four-concert cycle of the symphonies with the LPO.

Takács Quartet are fab four

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:31:54 GMT

Takács Quartet's unanimity is based not on total equality but on the integration of individual colour and character.

Gutsy sound from Delphic

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:12:59 GMT

Glance at any of the Next Big Things lists for 2010 and youll likely have seen the name Delphic.

Mariza has power of a peroxide icon

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:53:33 GMT

Having started out singing fado Portugals mournful blues in her fathers Lisbon taverna, Mariza is now a Grammy-winning global icon.

Oasis land three NME nominations

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:10:25 GMT

Oasis showed they are gone but not forgotten after landing three nominations at the NME Awards, including best British band - despite splitting five months ago