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By Narendra Kusnur  Album: Magdalene Artiste: FKA Twigs Genre: Ambient pop Label: Young Turks Rating: **** Listen to the first few lines of British singer-songwriter FKA Twigs’ ‘Thousand Eyes’, the opening track of her latest album Magdalene , and you're reminded of new age star Enya. The tempo builds up gradually, the crashing drum beats appear at regular intervals, and lines like “If I walk out the door it starts our last goodbye; If you don't pull me back, it will open a thousand eyes” enchant you. Born to a Jamaican father and British mother, Twigs believes in producing the offbeat. Her experimental and avant garde style may need a kind of weird, acquired taste to be absorbed, but she blends genres seamlessly, hopping between new age, electronica, Kate Bush-inspired presentations, British folk and, on one song, urban rap. Everything isn’t pleasing to the ear though – the second track ‘Home With You’ is a classic example of the art of rambling on without any ...

By Narendra Kusnur Concert: U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 Artiste: U2 Genre: Rock Details: D.Y. Patil Stadium, Mumbai, Dec 15 Rating: **** 1/2 Pictures courtesy: Mythili Hariharan 8 Fans waited patiently for over two hours, with some of them believing a rumour that A.R. Rahman would begin the proceedings. To their delight, at 7.36 p.m. on Sunday night, they heard the opening notes of ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’. Till the clock struck 10, U2 played like magicians. The concluding concert in The Joshua Tree Tour 2019  was preceded by successful shows in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. And typical of them, vocalist Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr added an Indian element to their Mumbai gig at the D.Y. Patil Stadium, Nerul. As a build-up to their new song ‘Ahimsa’, featuring Rahman, Bono repeatedly talked of the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi. As per the theme, the Irish superstars played th...