WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: November 4, 2020
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Emily Barker
A Dark Murmuration Of Words
(Thirty Tigers)
★★★
AFTER the Memphis Soul of her previous record, the new solo album – the fourth – from Australian-born, now UK-based singer-songwriter Emily Barker is made up of relatively straightforward folk music.
Recorded in Pembrokeshire with John Freeman as producer, there are many accomplished, Radio 2-friendly songs here. The Woman Who Planted Trees is a welcome tribute to Kenyan eco-human rights activist Wangari Maathai, while the Pete Seeger-inspired Where Have The Sparrows Gone? feels like the set’s centrepiece.
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