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Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico review – gorgeous reinvention of Gilberto Gil’s grooves
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/gaia-wilmer-large-ensemble-parabolico-review
Published: August 21, 2026 08:00
(Sunnyside)Saxophonist and composer Wilmer brilliantly transforms Gil tunes, changing tempos and adding breathy melodies, flourishes of horns or undulating rhythms to luscious effect Continue reading...
Stella Lefty: Long Way Home review – Boston singer’s debut is bland, boilerplate and beyond banal
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/stella-lefty-long-way-home-review
Published: August 21, 2026 07:30
(Atlantic Outpost)The breakout 24-year-old country star’s debut is stunningly unremarkable, offering little in the way of artistic identity or her peers’ originality Continue reading...
Anthony Hopkins: Life Is a Dream album review – easy on the ear melodies written from the heart
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/21/anthony-hopkins-life-is-a-dream-album-review-philharmonia-dudamel
Published: August 21, 2026 06:30
Philharmonia Orchestra/Dudamel(Decca)There’s a cinematic flourish to many of Hopkins’ compositions, together with fine arrangements of Welsh tunes and pieces dedicated to family Continue reading...
Aigul Akhmetshina: Mujer Fatal album review – classy and sensual in music from Bizet to Britten and Bernstein
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/20/aigul-akhmetshina-mujer-fatal-album-review
Published: August 20, 2026 14:00
Akhmetshina/Pappano(Decca)The mezzo-soprano lends supple and elegant voice to opera arias and musical numbers that explore womanhood Continue reading...
Lambchop: Punching the Clown review – spectral, spellbindingly ambiguous stirring of US history
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/20/lambchop-punching-the-clown-review
Published: August 20, 2026 11:06
(City Slang)Sounding weathered but undimmed, Kurt Wagner feels as if he’s standing right in front of you as he sings superb, choir-swathed songs that invite and unsettle Continue reading...
Brandon Flowers: Thrasher review – Killers frontman’s country pivot is a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy-bootin’ hoot!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/17/brandon-flowers-thrasher-review-killers-frontman-country-album
Published: August 17, 2026 07:00
(Island)Even a couple of bafflingly misguided social commentary songs can’t detract from the joys of Flowers’ classically full-throated commitment to the Nashville bit Continue reading...
Hillborg: Lost Landscapes album review – sonic imagination and luminous colours
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/14/hillborg-lost-landscapes-album-review-gothenburg-symphony-pekka-kuusisto
Published: August 14, 2026 10:06
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Kuusisto/Lubman/Falk Winland(Alpha)Unconventional instrumentation adds to the filmic feeling of these three works by the Swedish composer, played on this recording by a powerhouse orchestra on top form Continue reading...
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen review – Pulitzer winner stirs gorgeous improv patterns
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/14/henry-threadgill-vijay-iyer-dafnis-prieto-fifteen-review
Published: August 14, 2026 08:00
(Nonesuch)By turns gleeful, sensitive, urgent and ruminative, this is a brilliant set that plays to the trio’s formidable strengths Continue reading...
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal: Doomed! review – caustic, crushing breakup album flirts with catharsis
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/14/open-mike-eagle-and-kenny-segal-doomed-review
Published: August 14, 2026 07:30
(Backwoodz)The rapper-producer duo muster a breakup record with glistening beats and lovelorn lyrics that mull over grievances without resolve Continue reading...
Bruckner Symphony No 3 album review – Anima Eterna’s period instruments bring visceral drama
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/13/bruckner-symphony-no-3-album-review-anima-eterna-heras-casado
Published: August 13, 2026 15:43
Anima Eterna Brugge/Heras-Casado(Harmonia Mundi)There’s bone-crushing intensity in this striking recording of the original version of the Bruckner’s third. Pablo Heras-Casado teases out vital, almost operatic detail Continue reading...