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Album reviews with TONY BURKE: April 23, 2024
New releases include Jack Bruce, Music From Laurel Canyon 1967 - 1975 and Dylan LeBlanc
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII
MAYER WAKEFIELD is chilled by the co-dependency of two lost souls as portrayed by German communist playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz
The Star's critics BRETT GREGORY, JOHN GREEN, MICHAEL BONCZA and ANGUS REID review The Stimming Pool, Misericordia, La Cocina, Irena’s Vow, and The End
CHRIS MOSS welcomes a radical history that brings marginalised stories and overlooked people and agencies to the centre
ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles
Jack Bruce
Smiles & Grins - The Broadcast Sessions 1970 - 2001
Esoteric Box Set
★★★★★
FEATURING BBC radio and TV appearances from Jack’s post Cream period — the extent of his songwriting and musicianship is breathtaking.
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