MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Subverting me softly
LEIGH CARRIAGE remembers Roberta Flack, a spellbinding virtuoso of musical interpretation
Roberta Flack in 1973
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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
THE multi-Grammy award-winner Roberta Flack has passed away at 88.
Her approach and sound were a unique combination of soul, folk, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop and musicianship, and arranging skills so broad she had had a lasting impact on future artists.
Her sustained career laid a foundation for pop and neosoul artists Alicia Keys, Erykah Badu, Solange, J Dilla, Flying Lotus and D’Angelo.
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MARK TURNER is thrilled by the the British singer’s tribute to the late great Sarah Vaughan
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Rwanda-born jazz vocalist INEZA
The abundance of quality is heartening and bodes well for the future
New releases from Liana Flores, Hamish Hawk, and Meshel Ndegeocello