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Mastodon return with a new line-up on the overwrought ‘Marrow Deep’
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (130+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! More New Music reviews on theartsdesk In this…...
Gringolts Quartet / Sinfonia of London, Wilson, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review – Viennese classicism, Hungarian modernism, Hollywood gloss
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (232+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Interspersal programmes – or “mind melds”, as I like…...
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Dracula: Lucy's Dream / The Dream Machine / Handle with Care
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (180+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Dracula: Lucy's Dream, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★ The Dream…...
BBC Proms: Roberts, Philharmonia, Alsop review - disappointing celebration of US anniversary
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (180+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Where the US President chose to mark the…...
Blu-ray: Oh! What a Lovely War
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (124+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! In this era of algorithmic recommendation, opaquely sponsored…...
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Up: Violin vs Football / You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (182+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Up: Violin vs Football, French Institute in Scotland…...
BBC Proms: Blue, Chineke!, Heyward review - unfettered escapism for a summer's evening
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (177+ words) Conductor and Chineke! Interim Artistic Director Jonathon Heyward presided with style and élan over the entire evening. Each beat of the music seemed to pulse through his body as he shifted between gravity-defying euphoria and fast-paced panache. The second piece…...
SCO Winds, Emelyanychev / Frang & Friends, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - French fun, Hungarian heaviness
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (178+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! There can be few more cultivated ways to…...
Hang Time, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - chilling and ingenious
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (166+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! Hang Time is far from a polemic on…...
Music Reissues Weekly: The Riot Squad - I Take It That We’re Through - Anthology 1965-1967
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (454+ words) We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure the future of real arts journalism. Be part of it by subscribing: if you do it now, the founders’ rate of just £40 yearly is yours FOR LIFE! “The Laughing Gnome” was David Bowie’s second single…...