MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Best of 2019: Albums
ROUSING: The Trials of Cato
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
ONE of the most exciting developments for folk music fans over the last few years has been the number of young talented performers dominating the festival circuit and delighting audiences with a combination of traditional and new songs, often with a radical political slant.
2019 seems to have been particularly good in this regard, with some outstanding albums released, among them Wheels of The World by Granny’s Attic (Grimdon Records), the third album from the talented young trio.
It consists mainly of traditional songs like Gilderoy and The Highwayman but with their own distinct arrangements while What I Saw in my Dream as I Slept in My Chair explores 19th-century political issues but with an added new verse about present-day political injustice.
More from this author
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
New releases from Steve Tilston, FolkLaw, and Patch and the Giant
STEVE JOHNSON interviews with Martin Green about his love affair with brass bands
New releases from Steve Knightley, Sunjay, Sociograss
