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Albums reviews with Tony Burke: July 8, 2024
Muddy Waters, Having a rave up! and Edgar Broughton Band
In which we accompany the Bard into Cymru to meet his musical accomplices, young and old
SUE TURNER is inspired by the example of a librarian’s struggle to confront the book-banning movement
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
Muddy Waters
Hard Again/ I'm Ready/ King Bee
(Floating World)
★★★★
MUDDY WATERS made his recording debut for Len and Phil Chess’ Aristocrat Records (later Chess) in 1947 becoming the world’s best known blues artist. But in 1975, when All Platinum Records bought Chess, they announced they only would release Chess’s back catalogue. Muddy became redundant as a recording artist.
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