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June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

James Rhodes: Fire On All Sides

Fire On All Sides James Rhodes Quercus James Rhodes, the classical pianist with rock’n’roll swagger, is a prodigy-level player that’s not there to please the purists but is – in his love of the music and his ability as conduit for it – far closer to being a purist than any of the snobs he […]
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June 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

James Rhodes: Instrumental

Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music James Rhodes Canongate Books James Rhodes has, in his professional career, never hidden the fact that there’s baggage, that his music, writing and documentary work is an outlet, a motivating force, a way of making sense of the world and of keeping him focussed yet with the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Memoir of Madness, Addiction, Book, Book Review, Child Abuse, Classical, Classical Music, Drugs, Instrumental, James Rhodes, Medication and Music, Memoir, Musician, Rape ·

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May 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

James Rhodes: Five

James Rhodes Five Instrumental Records/Signum Classics James Rhodes is an important – and perhaps polarising – figure in contemporary classical piano; he’s a scholar with a deep passion for and knowledge of the form/s and music/s. He’s a rule-breaker and though on the end of some technical instruction is sometimes described as “self-taught” even though […]
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