STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over
Album reviews with Steve Johnson
This thriller is a politically charged and morally complex dive into climate activism and police repression, judges JENNY FARRELL
Cat show killer, avenging the pawns, women hunt the Ripper, and running dry in the outback
The Bard reflects on sharing a bed, and why he wont go to Chelsea
MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government
RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture
ROBERT OVETZ recommends a case study, from the University of Leicester, in their struggle against precarization, AI, privatisation, outsourcing, and work intensification in higher education
Julie Abbe
Numberless Dreams
(julieabbe.com)
★★★★
JULIE ABBE is a Bristol-based folk and jazz singer who, as well as possessing a beautiful voice, is a talented cello and concertina player.
Her debut folk album brings together poems by WB Yeats which she has put to music as well as some traditional folk songs, mainly from Ireland.
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