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...But he is in a creative funk, and there are already official doubts about the suitability of a libretto about an ageing queen infatuated with a young lord....
...That spread, anxiously watched by Italians, has in the past five years breached the 300bp mark. Indeed, the spread has come down about 15 per cent since early October....
...Houston trio Khruangbin — aka guitarist Mark Speer, bassist Laura Lee and drummer DJ Johnson — originally bonded over a mash-up of global influences: Iranian rock, Jamaican dub and Thai funk, as well as...
...Funk art? “Fuck that.” Despite its predilection for corniness and its attention to flashy finishes, there is something touchingly sincere about Nagle’s art....
...Spearheading the valuation of the London-listed fund’s song catalogue, containing hits such as Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk” and Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”, is Barry Massarsky....
...This album’s tracks are all around the three-minute mark: instantly ready to hit the dancefloor and snappy enough to swiftly move along....
...October 26; further information and tickets here Sport Start of the 2024-25 NBA season October typically marks the start of pro-basketball season in North America; head downtown to cheer on the Miami...
...It played out with demonic voicings slammed over broken-beat funk before three unison stabs cued the end of the set....
...February 7; further information and tickets here ‘Hiatus Kaiyote with The Dreamboat Orchestra’, Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne) The Grammy-nominated Melbourne jazz/neo soul/funk ensemble will join forces...
...Three US online education start-ups, Coursera, Udemy and Chegg, have about $400mn to $600mn in cumulative losses, says technology consultant Jeffrey Lee Funk....
...In that crowded field it was the French-educated Ali Bongo, one of seven “official sons” and a jazz-funk musician, who emerged as his successor....
...calls to mind the Lo Lifes of Brooklyn in the 1980s and ’90s, united in their infatuation with Ralph Lauren Polo, the Lacosteiros document themselves dressed head to toe in the label, inspired by local funk...
...Bruno Mars’s ‘Uptown Funk’ and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’....
...Founded by whisky entrepreneur Mark Reynier (formerly of Islay’s Bruichladdich and also founder of Waterford distillery in Ireland), Renegade draws inspiration from Scotch whisky and winemaking....
...JDC: Soul, funk, hip-hop, jazz and neo-soul. I want the music to create a relaxed atmosphere. I also want it to echo the intimacy of the evening....
...His favourite record cover is a recondite choice, Throbbing Gristle’s album 20 Jazz Funk Greats....
...On Funk Wav Bounces, Harris’s technique feels more in line with that of Mark “Uptown Funk” Ronson: the music is pristine and packs plenty of mainstream hooks yet lacks a vital emotional connection....
...Jazz, funk, hip hop and soul collide at this popular south London festival....
...Pathaan may not lift the industry out of its creative funk. But for fans around the world, King Khan’s reign is not over. benjamin.parkin@ft.com...
...“I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am” dramatises lyrics about feeling out of place with funk guitar and psychedelic orchestrations, music that both struts and swoons....
...Between the sunny solo acoustic work of her debut and the desert blues of her recent soundtrack for Google Arts and Culture celebrating the heritage of Timbuktu, she has a weakness for relentless loud funk...
...Its tracklisting comprises 10 intensely spiky nuggets, most barely scraping the two-minute mark, but the collection never sounds insubstantial....
...The only new song debuted here, “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am”, had a laid-back 1970s funk feel, which suggests the new record will be another change of direction....
...Saxophonist Mark Lockheart came to notice with the eclectic 1980s big band Loose Tubes....
...Natixis’s Alicia Garcia Herrero and Jianwei Xu said state-led investment will be the key to a recovery (just like the last few times China found itself in an economic funk)....
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