How this desk writes a song review

A useful review describes the record: tempo, vocal approach, production choices, and who it might suit. It can be warm or critical. It should be specific enough that a reader who has not heard the song still learns something.

It should not function as an advertisement with a star rating bolted on. If ClassicalPromo is also promoting the release, the review will say so. Readers can then judge the piece with that context.

We will not review a song we have not heard, and we will not invent listener numbers to decorate a paragraph. Links to the official release are enough.

Reviews live beside news, videos and features so artists have a media home that is held to the same standard as the campaign reports: clear, dated and sourced.