STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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Anna Of The North, Village Underground, London
The Norwegian singer-songwriter sets the electropop bar high with songs from her new album
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Anna Lotterud — Anna of the North — has placed herself well and truly at the forefront of the electropop revival with her tour-de-force debut album Lovers.
Electropop revivalist: Anna Lotterud (Pic: Justin Higuchi)
Artists like Charli XCX and M.O are putting a different kind of pop back on the map and Lotterud is among those whose intelligent song-writing and effortless ability to turn a catchy tune proves the versatility of the genre.
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