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...At points during our meeting, it’s hard to tell whether I’m interviewing Jessie Ware or she’s interviewing me....
...American music, too, represented by the premiere of Jeff Midkiff’s mandolin concerto From the Blue Ridge, orchestral work by Wynton Marsalis, a new commission from Iman Habibi, soprano Julia Bullock singing Jessie...
...Three years on, @rona_renovation has 29,000 followers and has collaborated with brands such as B&Q, Aldi and Neff....
...Roseberry’s creations for Schiaparelli, worn by Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and actors such as Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley, have, like his shocking predecessor, done much to destabilise the fashion status...
...The Libertines, Paul Weller, Steps and Jessie Ware have also been forced to postpone gigs in recent weeks due to the virus. The West End production of Moulin Rouge! has also cancelled performances....
...For the stylist Rose Forde, who dressed Jessie Buckley in a boyish suit for this year’s Met Gala, it’s no surprise that artists are drawn to this Schiaparelli....
...The London gallerist Stephen Friedman has signed up three new artists this month: Holly Hendry (b.1990, London); Marina Adams (b.1960, New Jersey) and Leilah Babirye (b.1985, Kampala)....
...The film’s main focus and its narrator is the woman, played by Jessie Buckley in an outstanding performance....
...B: Led Zeppelin 15. A: Jess Phillips...
...“Midnight” cast her as a Mariah Carey offcut, alternately cooing sweetly and vociferating heartily over a generic R&B stomp....
...Now the Croydon singer, formerly drummer with Jessie Ware’s backing band, is pitching to become something similarly unusual, a successful British R&B-soul singer....
...Jessie J, January 21, O2 Academy, Glasgow Jessie J had a worldwide hit with “Bang Bang” last year but her album Sweet Talker sold more modestly....
...It made sense in that respect at least for Jessie Ware to introduce Tough Love, her follow-up to the Mercury-nominated Devotion, in a church....
...Barnett’s music is pitched between US R&B and UK trip-hop, a brooding confection of slow-motion beats and shimmering electronic textures....
...FKA Twigs sings: the reference is to her past as a dancer in pop videos such as Jessie J’s “Price Tag”....
...Katy B Little Red (Columbia/Rinse)...
...FKA Twigs, July 29, Stereo, Glasgow, then touring Formerly a dancer who appeared in the video for Jessie J’s “Price Tag”, Tahliah Barnett has followed a rather different course in her own music career....
...But Jessie struggled to change register. The 1990s R&B pastiche “Daydreamin’” wanted the honeyed style of Mariah Carey, not the wind-tunnel treatment it received....
...Past Critics’ Choice winners include Adele, Jessie J and Emeli Sandé. The latest, 21-year-old singer Sam Smith, doesn’t look likely to buck the trend....
...Mary J Blige delivers a self-consciously classy vocal performance, reining in the R&B theatrics so completely that even Jessie J’s appearance, on a duet of “Do You Hear What I Hear?”...
...There is no point spraying money at people because, to quote Jessie J, it’s not about the money....
...Ware’s debut album Devotion has been rightly acclaimed for its classy, stylish, downbeat R&B. A top five hit in the UK, it was nominated for the Mercury prize for the year’s best album....
...Jessie Ware Devotion (PMR)...
...the Panto League indicate that last season’s champion “All the Single Ladies” has been relegated, and the strongest musical contender for mandatory inclusion in this year’s pantomimes is “Price Tag” by Jessie...
...Like Jessie J, the Londoner – real name Kathleen Brien – is a graduate of the Brit School, the UK’s ultra-productive talent factory; but whereas Jessie J reworks American R&B/pop, Katy B is immersed in London...
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