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Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:30 - 0 Comments

Music | Review: ‘We Must Speak’ by Fold

Tomorrow sees the release of 'We Must Speak', the debut EP by Fold, a new UK Hip-Hop collective. Ceasefire's Terence Elliott-Cooper gives it a listen.

Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 16, 2011 20:52 - 1 Comment

Music London streets, a capella

French singer-songwriter June Caravel spent an entire year making a video, 'London Song', in which (almost) every word in the lyrics is the name of a London street. In an exclusive article, she explains.

Music & Dance - Saturday, July 16, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments

Music First Night of the Proms (Royal Albert Hall)

Ceasefire's Classical and Opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews the first night of this year's BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 21:36 - 1 Comment

Music Benjamin Grosvenor, Wigmore Hall (Piano recital)

Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviewing a piano recital by Benjamin Grosvenor at Wigmore Hall, finds a "remarkable talent".

Music & Dance - Saturday, June 18, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments

Music Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing (Review)

Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews "Seeing is believing", the latest music CD from Nico Muhly, an "undisputed champion of contemporary classical music".

Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, April 24, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments

Music Les Étoiles ‘Little Measurements’

Little Measurements, the new album by the intriguing Les Étoiles is the latest release by the 'Records on Ribs' label. Ceasefire's Alex Baker takes a listen.

Arts & Culture, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 20:13 - 1 Comment

Music Devlin: Bud, Sweat & Beers and Live at the Islington Academy

Devlin, one of grime's rising stars has recently broken into the mainstream. Adam Elliott-Cooper went to the last gig of his tour and listened to his latest release, Bud, Sweat and Beers.

Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 20, 2010 10:23 - 2 Comments

Deserter’s Songs The Apocalyptic Landscapes of Godspeed You! Black Emepror

Next month sees the much anticipated return of Godspeed You! Black Emperor- one of the most vital and thrilling bands of late nineties and early naughties. In this week's Deserter's Songs music column, David Bell explains why he finds their music so hauntingly fascinating.

Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:44 - 0 Comments

Deserter’s Songs A Funny Bird That Never Lands

In this week's Deserter's Songs column, David Bell revisits the album which gave his column its name: Mercury Rev's 1998 masterpiece 'Deserter's Songs', and explains how knowing the album for nine years has been like the "wonderful early stage of a relationship".

Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:19 - 8 Comments

Deserter’s Songs: The shape of education to come?

In this week's Deserter's Songs column on music and politics, David Bell considers the relevance of free improvisation for a 'new way of making and living education'. In so doing, he examines the resonances between the practice of free improvisation and what is commonly termed 'critical pedagogy'.The similarities, he contends, are startling.