MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Best of 2024: Jazz albums
CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourites
New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott
ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
2024: a groovy year!
The sleeve notes of The Banger Factory’s new double album, Magnus Opus (Banger Factory Records) says it all: “It’s a celebration of unity, love, togetherness and faith in the transformative power of music.” Twenty musicians well met in Brixton play with tremendous verve, spirit and collective power.
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