Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
‘My band are global guardians, determined to protect the environment’
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Chinese vocalist Annie Chen on the release of her new album Guardians
Annie Chen
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EWAN CAMERON trawls the Edinburgh fringe for new political drama
In a season of Greek mythology NIAMH THORNTON looks at an intriguing relocation of Medea to contemporary Mexico
By chance, RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA comes across a fine new two hander about the enduring legacy of the Miners' strike
Rescue care from the realm of sentimentality: what happens when we replace the vertical relationship between benefactor and victim with interdependence, collective organisation and struggle?
New releases by Interpol, Phoebe Bridgers, Lambchop
IT’S not usual for a jazz album to have a portrait of a jellyfish as its sleeve design, but Beijing-born Annie Chen is a musician who constantly surprises and educates.
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