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Best of 2019: Albums
ROUSING: The Trials of Cato
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
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.
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STEVE JOHNSON, CHRIS SEARLE and TONY BURKE review new releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
New releases from Jenn Butterworth, Liz Overs, and Gigspanner Big Band
The abundance of quality is heartening and bodes well for the future