ballads

ADRIAN THRILLS: Bless her soul! A celestial debut bursting with big ballads

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Celeste: Not Your Muse (Polydor) Rating: Verdict: Rich and soulful Weezer: OK Human (Atlantic) Rating: Verdict: Homespun pop symphonies Arlo Parks: Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive) Rating: Verdict: Dazzling debut This time last year Celeste Waite was on the brink of stardom. The singer from Saltdean, near Brighton, had just won the BRITs Rising Star award, … Read more

Lewis Capaldi emotional ballads became the biggest soundtrack of 2020 pandemic

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Lewis Capaldi’s emotional ballads became the biggest soundtrack of the 2020 pandemic as music streaming rises by 20% in lockdown The Scottish singer’s album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent You Go was the most streamed album for the second year running in the U.K Dua Lipa, Stormzy and Harry Styles also made it into … Read more