New music to love

by Michael Hubbard

What a lot of rather ace music there is coming out soon. Rather than wait for album and track reviews to eventually drift in to...

Golden Globes scrapped – Oscars next?

by Michael Hubbard

The 2008 Golden Globes are to be scrapped. Jorge Camara, president of the Golden Globe organisers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, said: “We are all...

2008 preview: new acts to watch

by Michael Hubbard

By way of getting 2008 moving, I’ve knocked together a New Acts To Watch feature comprised of bands and artists yet to release debut albums....

Films of the Year

by Jon Ingold

We’ve posted our round-up of 2007′s films here. Agree or disagree? Let us know below. http://www.musicomh.com/films/features/roundup2007_1207.htm

Cloverfield

by Jon Ingold

For those looking forward to Lost creator JJ Abrams’ new film, here’s a 5-minute preview to enjoy: http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/475a0f5f7f2007c8/47620930a9d00f1 Blair Witch with a budget, anybody? The...

Best albums of 2007: the list

by Michael Hubbard

Our pick of this year’s best albums: http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/albums_review-2007_1207.htm We’ll still be sporadically publishing features and reviews in the music and film sections over the break,...

Review of the Year 2007

by Simon Thomas

We have put our Opera & Classical writers’ views on the best and worst of the year online.  Tell us your views here.

Russell Brand goes to St Trinians

by Michael Hubbard

Russell Brand now tops the UK book charts with his Booky Wook – beating Nigella Express and Hamster Hammond by a hefty margin this week....

Christie Hennessy RIP

by Michael Hubbard

We heard the sad news today that Irish singer-songwriter Christie Hennessy passed away early this morning after a short illness. If you’re unfamiliar with Christie’s...

Karlheinz Stockhausen RIP

by Michael Hubbard

Karlheinz Stockhausen has died, aged 79. 8-( BBC News

Albums of the Year?

by Michael Hubbard

We’re getting into lists territory, it being mid-December. My album of the year hasn’t changed since I first heard it back in January (there’s a...

Peter Handke at the NT

by Simon Thomas

A quick advert for a production that is opening at the National Theatre in February.  It is The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other...

ENO update

by Simon Thomas

A quick belated catch-up on English National Opera.  If you’ve read my (and everyone else’s) review of The Turn of the Screw, you’ll know that...

English National Opera

by Simon Thomas

I was very disappointed that Aida did not end ENO’s run of bad shows.  The production may have a degree of popular success but, for...

Christmas Number One – by Black Box Recor...

by Michael Hubbard

It’s unusual for us to quote a press release in full. But, as email after email arrives announcing the most unlikely bands releasing Christmas songs...

Norman Mailer, RIP

by Michael Hubbard

“Writing badly is a sin. I really think people who write badly are small monsters.” Norman Mailer, founder of The Village Voice and Pullitzer Prize...