Simon Broughton

Articles By Simon Broughton

Sauti za Busara Festival 2021, Zanzibar review - 2500 gather to celebrate music unlocked Friday, 19 February 2021 Read more...	Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Cadogan Hall Friday, 10 July 2015 Read more...
Villa Lobos: Total Immersion, Barbican Monday, 10 March 2014 Read more...	theartsdesk in Russia: WOMAD Pyatigorsk Wednesday, 25 September 2013 Read more...
Abida Parveen, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Read more...	theartsdesk in Warsaw: A New Jewish Museum Sunday, 19 May 2013 Read more...
theartsdesk in Prague: Two Faces of Mucha Sunday, 05 May 2013 Read more...	Interview: Stephan Micus, the world's largest one-man band Wednesday, 03 April 2013 Read more...
3D: A First for the Last Night Monday, 10 September 2012 Read more...	theartsdesk in Cape Town: Mandela Trilogy Monday, 18 June 2012 Read more...
R.U.T.A.: Polish punks with fiddles Thursday, 31 May 2012 Read more...	Arvo Pärt Special 1: How Sacred Music Scooped an Interview Saturday, 20 March 2010 Read more...

It all started on 09/09/09. That memorable date, September 9 2009, marked the debut of theartsdesk.com.

It followed some...

Maybe it was the timing, even though most of the action takes place in bright sunlight...

I thought I might never be able to say it’s been a great year for...

“O stay and hear,” sings Twelfth Night’s jester Feste in his song “O mistress mine”, “your true love’s coming,/ That can sing both high...

Looking back over the past 12 months, it struck me how it has been the shows fashioned from personal stories that have stayed with me. It wasn't...

They say cinema is dying (you never know, they may be wrong), but you can’t help noticing the stampede of movie stars towards TV and streaming....

A reissue can be an aide-mémoire, a reminder that a record which has been off the radar for a while needs revisiting, that it deserves fresh...

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Beth Gibbons’s latest album touched me more deeply than most of...

The most hyped special of the season came to a...