Apartment House (Another Timbre, four CDs)Clearly a labour of love for Apartment House, who play every note of these late works by Cage with wonderful commitment Between 1987 and 1992, the final years of his life, John Cage composed some 40 works that …
Spencer: first trailer shows Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana
The film, set to premiere at the Venice film festival, takes a look at a weekend in the life of Diana from Jackie director Pablo LarraínThe first trailer for Spencer, the much-anticipated Diana, Princess of Wales drama, has been unveiled just days befo…
Emmylou Harris’s teenage obsessions: ‘The Beatles parted the clouds after JFK’s assassination’
The country singer, 74, recalls the inspirational power of Joan Baez and American folk – and the lessons dogs can teach usJust after I started high school, there was the Cuban missile crisis, so I wasn’t sure if the world was going to be around much lo…
‘Netflix is a lifesaver!’ The over-65s embracing the streaming boom
Netflix has reported a surge in older viewers tuning in to its shows, from Grace and Frankie to Never Have I Ever. We meet the recent convertsI’m 66, live alone and have no children, and for many years I watched hardly any TV. Now I adore streaming. It…
Candyman director Nia DaCosta: ‘It is shocking the way people have talked to me’
As well as rebooting the horror classic, the 31-year-old is directing a Marvel movie with a $100m-plus budget. She talks about ambition, superstition – and whether she’s risked saying ‘Candyman’ five times“Say it,” implore the posters for the new Candy…
‘Not just a drummer – a genre’: Stewart Copeland and Max Weinberg on Charlie Watts
The Police and Bruce Springsteen drummers share memories of their late Rolling Stones counterpart, explaining his technical brilliance, his verve – and his clothes-folding skillsI’m an early-period Stones fan, and not so much because of losing interest…
Shibe/Giunta/Walker; ASMF/Bell review – Piazzolla up close and personal
Cadogan Hall; Royal Albert Hall, LondonTwo proms celebrated the rich music of Astor Piazzolla in contrasting but illuminating waysThe centenary of Astor Piazzolla’s birth falls this year, an anniversary marked by a pair of Proms, notably different in t…
Adam Driver’s 10 best film performances – ranked!
Ahead of the release of Annette, we rank the actor’s greatest roles, from the insufferable hipster of While We’re Young to his severe missionary in SilenceThe movie might be flawed, but Driver’s performance (playing opposite the similarly excellent Alb…
Big Red Machine: How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week
(Jagjaguwar)Aaron Dessner and Justin ‘Bon Iver’ Vernon recruit Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes and more for this album full of misty autumnal beauty – and a quiet punchAaron Dessner cuts a very low-profile figure, even by the standards of both bookish US alt…
Portrait of Queen ‘looking like a corgi’ to feature in Lucian Freud exhibition
National Gallery will mark centenary of Freud’s birth by bringing together his most important worksIt was hailed by the Guardian as the finest royal portrait for 150 years. Others thought it made the Queen look like a rugby prop forward or one of her c…