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...Jon Cowherd’s piano solo added tension in the middle range, Scofield conjured melodies on the fly and lines moved from high notes to low....
...“It did really alter the way people dressed,” says Webb, who draws a parallel with the Belgian deconstruction movement brought by Ann Demeulemeester and Martin Margiela in Europe....
...Skittery beats from the leader’s drums added tension and, some minutes in, the strings played the melody of “Seventh String”....
...“How very queer,” remark Lucy McCormick’s Jayne and Emma Pallant’s Sally Ann, fanning themselves aggressively in an effort to stir something up, even if it’s only the sultry air....
...Laconic acoustic guitar melodies are bolstered by arrangements that build in force before unpredictably ebbing away....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. The views expressed are personal. merryn@ft.com...
...Webb telescope images reveal dance of ancient galaxies Space scientists have revealed a series of stunning images from the first observing run of the James Webb Space Telescope, including five galaxies engaged...
...Join Martin Wolf, FT chief economics commentator; Mary Ann Sieghart, commentator and author of ‘The Authority Gap’; Michael Hartnett, Bank of America chief investment strategist, and Merryn Somerset Webb...
...I like black Ann Demeulemeester, Dior and shoes by JM Weston. Adidas often does something fun too....
...The album opens with Joe Webb capturing the left-hand oompah of the classic stride style on a jaunty reading of “Crazy Rhythm”....
...It’s a wonderful dream to get swept up in, full of images that linger in your brain like a cheesy old melody....
...Doomed Tom Neal (despite his baby face he was an off-screen wild man) is a walking tragedy and the fabulously named and even more doomed Ann Savage a scowling mix of Barbara Stanwyck and Marilyn Monroe....
...Brilliant observations from Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye, who added a crucial six-note intro to the song, detail why Webb’s chords and melody stood out....
...and Neil Diamond, a whole lot of Love’s Forever Changes, but all in service of Rhys’s terrific ear for a melody....
...Merryn Somerset Webb assesses at an unusually volatile month for global stock markets and concludes that this shadowy environment should be a boon to active investors keen to show off their stockpicking...
...Sir, Indeed: “Hanging on central bankers’ every word makes little sense”, as Merryn Somerset Webb drily comments (August 26)....
...Not so sweet charity: In the wake of sexual misconduct scandals at Oxfam and Save the Children, Merryn Somerset Webb takes aim at UK and US tax breaks for charities and charitable giving....
...At this gig, backing vocalists cooed, keyboards were bittersweet and Sarah Anne Webb sang her storytelling lyrics with power and accuracy....
...Clad in white tie, Plant, Page and Jones saw Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart perform “Stairway”, accompanied by Bonham’s son Jason on drums and by a gospel choir in bowler hats....
...As his wronged protagonist packs his car, it’s 3:30 in the morning and Hayes is yet to go anywhere near the song’s melody....
...Merryn Somerset Webb said US shares are possibly more expensive than they have ever been. First, the case against. US shares are certainly not cheap....
...Three months after the chancellor’s Budget announcement, ministers have yet to decide how to offer the guidance or who will pay for it, and the pensions industry is growing restive....
...“Seeds in Flight”, by Gazan poet Khaled Abdallah, evokes a “circle of life and renewal, and has a folk song melody”. It made her recall photos of her own grandmother....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. The views expressed are personal merryn@ft.com...
...Mas focuses on her voice, which complements the pure English tones of the Webb sisters, Charley and Hattie, who joined Cohen’s band five years ago. “The Webb sisters have beautiful voices,” he agrees....
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