Mercy (2000)

Jazz purists may turn up the nose at this jazz-reggae summit meeting, but that's their loss. It's not that they wouldn't have the right to be suspicious - experiments in jazz-reggae fusion do not have a distinguished history. But the combination of Jamaican-born jazz pianist Monty Alexander and reggae godfathers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare works beautifully here for a number of reasons: first of all, Alexander is a gifted melodist with an unerring sense of groove (not always a given with jazz players), and second of all, Sly and Robbie emancipated themselves long ago from reggae's rhythmic strictures, so there's lots of variety on this album…

Dominique Mercy danse Pina Bausch (2003)

The film traces the path of an exceptional dancer as well as the story of their meeting and exemplary collaboration that has developed with one of the leading figures of contemporary dance - an artistic collaboration and friendship never writs in 30 years, in which the need for affirmation individual has never been greater than generosity, modesty and dedication to work. Member of the "Tanztheater de Wuppertal" since its founding in 1973, Dominique Mercy is a character inseparable from the artistic adventure of Pina Bausch and most of his creations.

Increasingly, and especially in a day and age where music is so widely and readily available thanks to advanced technologies, when a company or act wants to make a good box set, it had better deliver. To its credit, Beggars Banquet did just that with Rare Cult, an astoundingly comprehensive and entertaining collection that packs in 90 tracks over the course of six discs…