Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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Marxist notes on Music: April 18, 2023
BEN LUNN pleads for a more visionary agenda than simply resisting cuts
William Morris aged 53; The Manifesto of the Socialist League, 1884
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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
DECISIONS have been made, things are in transit again, and on the outside, it looks like major victories have been won for musicians in Britain.
On April 13, following the pausing of the closure of the BBC Singers, it was announced the BBC is changing its forced cuts to the English BBC Orchestras.
This coincided with an announcement from English National Opera (ENO) which has secured £24 million from the Arts Council England (ACE), with the vision of potentially moving ENO to far flung regions — like Croydon.
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