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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: August 18, 2020
Latest releases from The Jayhawks, Asian Dub Foundation and Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song
SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State
MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill
STEVE ANDREW recommends a Marxist analysis of the long chains of production that global corporations exploit
MARY CONWAY relishes the period detail but misses the drama in this unsatisfactory dramatisation of the subjugated life of George Eliot
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a mainstream scholar to the ranks of left-wing critique of US foreign policy
The Jayhawks
XOXO
(Thirty Tigers)
★★★★
THOUGH they have never received as much attention as artists like Ryan Adams and Wilco, The Jayhawks are very much altcountry survivors, having released their debut album nearly 35 years ago.
On their 11th studio record, the Minneapolis band have made an impressive and rejuvenating shift away from their usual formula of frontman Gary Louris dominating the songwriting and singing duties.
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