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What a talent. At the peak of her powers. So did not want this to be true. Sophie, acclaimed avant-pop producer, dies aged 34 theguardian.com/music/2021/jan…

Great record alert

Great record alert

Jimi Hendrix cooking dinner at his apartment, 1969

What a gig

Hi arooj aftab - hope you’re well. I’m trying to get in touch with your management. Can you help? Many thanks.

Hi Brudenell Presents is there someone I can talk to re: arooj aftab gig Monday? Ta.

Do what this man says

Billie Eilish live in Manchester reviewed by Kitty Empire – a show torn between delicious detail and arena shock-and-awe theguardian.com/music/2022/jun…

Looking for a special spot during your summer excursion? Join Rachel Cooke, Jarvis Cocker, @KittyEmpire666, Fiona Maddocks and others in the hunt for the UK’s hidden gems. Only with the Observer today.

Mimi… Mimi.

Hello Bad Gyal, do you have a PR a UK journalist could contact?

Well I can’t form sentences. Condolences to all in Albini world. Fuck death.

#worldmusic peeps. In #Florence? Then this: 4/5/6 July (now!), check out the Firenze World Music Festival at Forte Belvedere firenzeworldmusicfestival.com organised by Sinedades instagram.com/sinedades

Just another reminder, in case you needed cheering, that Chappell Roan is a lot of fun theguardian.com/music/2024/sep…

Plunging asymptote! SOPHIE's final, pop-inclined album. Also contains the scree of tectonic plates shifting as standard. Thank you for the music. theguardian.com/music/2024/sep…

I had the absurd privilege of seeing Paul McCartney for The Observer New Review. Let me roll it to you: theguardian.com/music/2024/dec…

I also had the absurd task of whittling down the umpteen rewarding #albumsof2024 down to a frankly skeletal 10. Includes shakuhachis, club classics, orchestral jazz, plunging asymptotes and a folk tune about an awl. theguardian.com/music/2024/dec…

I am also available at The Other Place Allison Rose Conklin.bsky.social

Also - because I have range, I guess? - here are some of the #middlegrade #childrensbooksoftheyear that stood proud on the shelf in 2024. Includes clockworks, narwhals, neurodiversity and - sob - the late, lovely Jeremy Strong. (No, not that one.) theguardian.com/books/2024/dec…