The Haitian crooner and bandleader Arly Larivière knows a few things about getting people onto a dance floor.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2026
As seen with Raye and Dean, London cool-girl style meets retro jazz crooner is an aesthetic that’s become ubiquitous among the rising crop of London singers and songwriters with jazz influences.
Pylon features a number of all-star guests, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and Deftones‘ Chino Moreno all making appearances as vocalists.
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Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
25 Sep. 2026
On the other hand, the call sheet reads like a who’s who of modern musical theater; a company of vocalists so talented that limiting their range to the spoken word is akin to gathering the world’s Olympians and asking them all to play badminton.
This past August, the singer warmed up for the trek with her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields music festival.
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Karla Cote,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2026
Two Aussies in London Only a few months after her move to London, Newton-John’s friend and fellow singer Pat Carroll also made the leap from Australia to the big city.
And barring a pole position in Canada, Russell faded into the background as Antonelli went on a belter, securing five consecutive grand prix victories and four pole positions.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
Loesser’s score is ambitious and diverse, with a discordant duet by Joe and Rosabella, lively Neapolitan-style songs by the Italian vineyeard workers, a beautifully harmonized barbershop quartet and some classic Broadway belter songs.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
Continuing its strategy from the regular season, NBC has combined one local analyst from each side with its own play-by-play voice for this week’s four Wild-Card series.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2026
Her team needed meaning and voice, her peers needed shared value and senior leaders needed strategic relevance.
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