ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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Album reviews with Kevin Bryan: February 3, 2025
New releases from Loudon Wainwright III, Flamin’ Groovies, and Wishbone Ash
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Live in London
(The Last Music Company)
★★★
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT has been a highly regarded figure in singer-songwriter circles ever since his stunning debut album first saw the light of day in 1970.
The British music press were engaged in a fairly futile quest to discover “the new Bob Dylan” at the time and Wainwright was a prime contender for this accolade, blessed with a sardonic wit which set him apart from many of his contemporaries in the field.
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