For as long as he can remember, the great chase films were whirling around in Edgar Wright's mind (as they do us all). Great films like Walter Hill’s The Driver, John Landis’ The Blues Brothers and Richard C. Sarafian’s incredible Vanishing Point to name but three. For twenty odd years, Wright has wanted to honour them and put his own, very singular, stamp on the genre. With Baby Driver he has crafted something special, his very own car chase musical.
Read MoreJohn Adams' Scheherazade.2 is a moving powerful symphony but how it would work without the woman for whom it was written is beyond me. Leila Josefowicz is a marvel and her performance on Thursday at the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra one that elevates the form and contempory music to a new level.
Read MoreWe live in an age where an artist's "Reienvention" is hailed as something special, something remarkable. Every time Lady Gaga appears in a new frock, the media goes nuts, because, that is what their readers expect. The thing is, Madonna did it before and David Bowie did it better than all but one, the man who never really reinvented himself, but was always there, Frank Sinatra. To my generation, he was "Old People's Music". We knew Nancy from the constant reworking of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" and kids today probably know Frank Sinatra Jr better for his appearances on Family Guy better than they have ever known his dad. But through all the static and preconceived ideas, the music, THAT voice, still moves us and causes us to remember.
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