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Picks of the week ‘Have the courage to walk away’   Bon Iver on romance, retirement and his rapturous new record Riven with anxiety from years of touring, Justin Vernon found he couldn’t leave the house. Then a new relationship changed his concept of love. His radiant new album shares the revelations TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe   I remember thinking I never want to do this again ‘My players are Olympians’   Meet Bradford legends the Black Dyke Brass Band ‘I thought I was going to die – and it was so freeing’   Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus on stardom, breakups and surviving cancer ‘It is about all of humankind’   Ukrainian violinist Valentina Goncharova on her cosmic call to compose ‘The people of Glasgow frowned on all the spitting’   Peter Capaldi on his punk rock past Reviews Album of the week   Sherelle: With a Vengeance – UK dance debut is dizzyingly doof-doof-doof Single review   Pulp: Spike Island – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming Album review   Valerie June: Owls, Omens and Oracles – a soul-recharging exercise in radical positivity Global album of the month   Negros Tou Moria: Mavri Ellada – a rebetiko rap riposte to Greek social division Album review   Real Lies: We Will Annihilate Our Enemies – lad laureate meets euphoric synths Album review   Salif Keita: So Kono – the Golden Voice still has it Featured newsletter Weekly Sign up for The Long Wave Nesrine Malik and Jason Okundaye deliver your weekly dose of Black life and culture from around the world. Click to sign up Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. Spotlight Gallery   ‘Everybody seemed thrilled they’d made it inside’: sizzling images from Studio 54 The disco mecca was arguably the most famous nightclub of all time – and certainly the most decadent. Between 1978 and 1980, Tod Papageorge captured its glamorous dancers and drinkers Classical Classical album of the week   Ravel: Complete Songs – Martineau’s survey is full of treats Opera review   Peter Grimes – WNO’s production of Britten’s masterwork seethes like a wild and cruel sea Album review   Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos 2 and 3 – high-class chamber music with a star team player Concert review   Aurora Orchestra/Collon – reduced Mahler still packs a punch Opera review   Carmen – Akhmetshina and Elder make this an outstanding evening Concert review   Yunchan Lim – young pianist’s Bach dazzles and intrigues Add to playlist She’s got the Midas touch   Shirley Bassey songs – ranked! ‘Goths don’t have sex – we just stare into the black sun’   Billy Corgan’s honest playlist One to watch   Model/Actriz You may have missed ‘It ain’t over till one of us is gone’   The pop stars who refuse to bury the hatchet Madonna and Elton John thawed their frosty relationship this week – but from Mariah and J-Lo to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, plenty more are still at loggerheads Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands   The biggest hoaxes in pop Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooled ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’   The stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known? Critics may sniff at Ed Sheeran’s Persian fusion hit Azizam – but we Iranians love it Nadia Khomami With its Iranian melodies, instrumentation and backing singers, Sheeran’s joyful new single is a reminder of how culture transcends borders Everyday people   The parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits How we made   ‘I wrote it while bored on a health farm’: how Mike and the Mechanics made All I Need Is a Miracle ‘The demo had my singing on it. When I played it to the band, the look on their faces said, “We’re in trouble, boys”’ Live music this week Kitty Empire's artist of the week   Kae Tempest – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political Get in touch If you have any questions or comments about any of our newsletters please email newsletters@theguardian.com Manage your emails | Unsubscribe | Trouble viewing? You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Sleeve Notes. Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396