WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
2021 albums round-up with Tony Burke
Notable rereleases of Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela, The Trojan Story, Pretty Things, Bob Dylan and The Band
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
JUST when we all thought live music was back, along comes omicron to put the kibosh on things. Thankfully 2021 was a great year for new releases and especially for reissues on both CD and vinyl.
It is nigh on impossible to boil them down to just five releases — but here goes, and in no particular order.
Best global music/jazz reissue has to be Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela’s two-CD reissue of their magnificent Rejoice set on World Circuit. The original release kept me going thoughout the 2020 lockdown.
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