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Mahler versus Slowthai! - what happened when our pop and classical critics traded jobs?

Before the culture sector locked down, Kitty Empire and Fiona Maddocks switched roles to review the NME awards and the London Philharmonia. Here they discuss the fine art of music writing

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Went to the NME awards at Brixton Academy
Well, I had my experience of being you, Kitty. It was quite hard. The odd thing was that, once friends knew I was going to the NME awards, after expressing general shock and envy – everyone has heard of New Musical Express; it’s been going since 1952 – they all asked only one question: what will you wear?

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2xwclqg

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