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A festival of consequence
Ezra Collective
[Charlotte Ballon/Love Supreme]
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
Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Glynde Place, Sussex
ESTABLISHED in 2013, Love Supreme was Britain’s first outdoor jazz and soul festival, and is now one of the largest in Europe.
One highlight was Indo-jazz clarinettist Arun Ghosh. The rhythm section, combining pounding breakbeats with gutsy, visceral basslines, produce a gorgeously relentless lo-fi funk that feels at times like the missing bridge between the Velvet Underground and De La Soul.
Guitarist Freddie Moon’s guitar is in the same spirit, his licks reminiscent of both Lou Reed and Gabor Szabo, while Rosie’s one-note bass solo is pure grunge-jazz perfection.
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