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Best albums of 2012, No 10: Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe

4480 days ago
Guardian MusicIn our countdown of our critics' favourite albums of the year, we've already run through numbers 40-21 and 20-11, and now it's the top 10. Each day for the next two weeks, we'll be revealing the next album on the list, starting today with Bobby Womac... more info

Bobby Womack: live in London

4487 days ago
Guardian MusicForum, LondonYou wait years for a Bobby Womack show, and two turn up at once. Unfortunately, that is not as good as it sounds. The 68-year-old soul giant's comeback album, The Bravest Man in the Universe, is one of his best, but it sounds very little... more info

Bobby Womack: soundtrack of my life

4489 days ago
Guardian MusicThe soul singer and guitarist reflects on a turbulent career, Janis Joplin's final hours and making his comeback with the help of Damon AlbarnBobby Womack's career began in his teens in Cleveland, Ohio, when Sam Cooke mentored his family band, the Va... more info

How Menswear typified Cool Britannia and Britain's creation myth | Alwyn Turner

4490 days ago
Guardian MusicMenswear were to Blur what the Monkees were to the Beatles, a band that became popular when times were goodJust a week after a track by Damon Albarn, formerly of Blur, was chosen to mark the 90th anniversary of the BBC, it appears that congratulation... more info

Radar Band Of The Week - No. 114: The Child Of Lov

4493 days ago
NME - RadarMeet The Child Of Lov. That’s him above – well, that’s his chin and torso, to be absolutely precise. He’s choosing to keep the rest a secret for now. While the anonymous shtick of WU LYF, iamamiwhoami, Evian Christ et al may be somewhat tires... more info

Luke Haines: 'I've been lucky all the way through'

4496 days ago
Guardian MusicFormer 'saviour of UK rock' Luke Haines has never followed the unwritten rules of pop, as a surreal concept album provesTwenty years after Britpop began, Damon Albarn is planning more gigs with Blur, Brett Anderson's Suede are recording a new albumâ€... more info

Rewind radio: World at One; Simon Mayo – review

4496 days ago
Guardian MusicCelebrations of the 90th anniversary of BBC radio were necessarily muted as the Savile and Newsnight scandals rumbled onWorld at One (Radio 4) | iPlayerSimon Mayo (Radio 2) | iPlayerAt this year's Radio Festival, held in Salford, all talk was of the ... more info

'Opera virgins' lured by scheme for first-timers at Coliseum

4497 days ago
Guardian MusicEnglish National Opera launches effort to attract new audience with production of Don GiovanniOpera-goers walking through the doors of the English National Opera had to take care. The slightest hesitation, the merest whiff of anxiety, and a member of... more info

Listen to Damon Albarn’s “sound collage”

4499 days ago
Consequence of SoundAlbarn's latest composition celebrated 90th anniversary of radio. more info

Damon Albarn's barmy composition a fitting birthday tribute to BBC Radio

4499 days ago
Guardian MusicAudience of millions share 90th birthday to sounds of Big Ben, skylarks singing and Bertrand Russell in Morse Code"It's the most fun BBC management have had for a while," Simon Mayo quipped as he presented his Radio 2 drivetime show live from London'... more info

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