Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento has long fascinated western musicians, in particular US jazzers such as the late sax titan Wayne Shorter, though UK yacht rockers
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The other night Drew Daniel went out raving and the club was pumping out loud and distorted music. His friend Max was ignoring him, toying
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Wayne Shorter brought ethereally timeless beauty to the sometimes impatient soundtrack of jazz. In the months before his death at 89 in March 2023, the
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Ravyn Lenae, genius of melody: ‘What’s left out of love songs is the growth on the other side of a breakup’
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