Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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Solidarity in song
STEVE JOHNSON applauds an outstanding album that is a celebration of achievements won through collective struggle
Strike leader addressing strikers during the Great Steel Strike of 1919, an attempt by the American Federation of Labor to organize the leading company, United States Steel, in the American steel industry
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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
Si Kahn and George Mann
Labor Day: A Tribute to Hard Working People Everywhere
(Strictly Country)
SI KAHN is a long-standing US singer-songwriter and union activist performing songs devoted to the struggles of the working class in the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
To mark his 80th birthday recently his fellow singer and union organiser George Mann has put together an album of 21 songs devoted to Labour movement history relevant to both the US and internationally.
The songs are all written by Kahn and include some new as well as older material. The album also features a number of guest artists including Billy Bragg, Peggy Seeger, Tom Chapin, Kathy Mattea and Odetta.
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The abundance of quality is heartening and bodes well for the future
John Cale's rediscovered classic album 1919, and new releases from Father John Misty and Lucinda Williams