From Eno to Dua Lipa, why musicians are fascinated by outer space | Pop and rock
[ad_1] Nick Rhodes, the most concept-friendly and new-romantic of Duran Duran’s line-up, has been in contemplation. Mostly he’s been thinking about the movements of the heavens and their travelling companion, mythology. If the gods are angry, this thinking goes, their mood swings might be interpreted celestially, providing a natural hedge against uncertainties. It’s a pastime […]
Everything Must Change! review – the left’s big beasts tackle a post-pandemic future | Society books
[ad_1] In Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, 10 friends escape from the city of Florence when it is shut down by the Black Death and hole up in a villa in the hills, where each night for a fortnight they tell one another stories of love and tragedy. Something of the same spirit animates this collection of […]
US composer Harold Budd dies aged 84 | Music
[ad_1] Harold Budd, the left-field American composer whose work straddled minimalism, jazz, dream-pop and more, has died aged 84. A post on his official Facebook page said he had died from “complications of Covid-19”. A family friend told the Guardian Budd had also suffered a stroke in November. Budd’s close collaborator, Robin Guthrie of Cocteau […]
