MIA’s technicolour world: new book pieces together an entropic style
Amanda Holpuch: MIA's new autobiographical art book is a history and a statement about an artist who's always been a bit hard to pin down
A Village Romeo and Juliet – review
This version of A Village Romeo and Juliet was not the affecting score it's considered, but a mixture of the winsome, the wanton and the hand-me-down Wagnerian, writes Andrew Clements
Nørgård: Will-o’-the-Wisps in Town, etc – review
writes Andrew Clements
Emily Portman: Hatchling – review
Ethereal vocals and a skilful blend of folk, myth and magic realism enthral Neil Spencer
Christine Tobin: Sailing to Byzantium – review
The ethereal voiced Christine Tobin breathes new life into WB Yeats classics on this impressive album, writes John Fordham
Aldeburgh festival; Bow Down – review
Vivid stagings of Oliver Knussen's opera of Where the Wild Things Are and Birtwistle's experimental work impress Fiona Maddocks
Belcea Quartet/The Dark Magic of Angela Carter – review
The Belcea Quartet demonstrated the kind of expressiveness and authority that signals progress into a higher league, writes Rian Evans
Vinicio Capossela – review
Vinicio Capossela's varied songs were sometimes thrilling, sometimes patchy, but the giant, moving whale-rib stage set and lighting provided a consistently dramatic backdrop, writes Robin Denselow
The Turn of the Screw – review
Northern Ireland Opera's production of The Turn of the Screw is, on the whole, a clear and thoroughly effective staging. There's a real buzz to this company, writes Andrew Clements
The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years by Greil Marcus – review
Greil Marcus's essay on the Doors and their music is as passionate and rewarding as you might expect – if you can ride out the stormier flights of fancy, says Sean O'Hagan
Bill Ryder-Jones: If… – review
Former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones delivers an exquisite solo debut inspired by an Italo Calvino novel, writes Paul Mardles
Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics by Jarvis Cocker – review
Faber's collection of Jarvis Cocker's song lyrics act both as a sort of diary for the Pulp frontman and a record of late-20th-century British life, writes Sarfraz Manzoor
Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review
Peter Conrad's essay on the dominant musical forces of 19th-century Italy and Germany draws original, often surprising, parallels, writes Paul Levy
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny, by Nile Rodgers – review
The Chic co-founder and legendary producer's life story is a fascinating romp through the great days of disco, New York, and American counter-culture, says Luke Bainbridge
The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s by Peter Doggett – review
A song-by-song analysis shows how David Bowie embodied a decade, writes Christopher Bray