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Bob Oram's best albums of the year
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely history of the Anti Imperialist league of America, and the role that culture played in their politics
STEVE ANDREW appreciates a passionate account of the Scottish Club during the ‘lost decade’
By telling the story of a lawless frontier town from the point of view of the Lakota, Chinese labourers, prostitutes and displaced prospectors, makes for a potted history of capital, suggests ALEX HALL
TONY BURKE speaks to Gambian kora player SUNTOU SUSSO
MARIA DUARTE recommends a British boxing biopic about the stormy relationship between Nazeem Hamed and his trainer Brendan Ingle
SADLY overlooked earlier this year, Quiet Loner Matt Hill’s stint as songwriter in residence at the People’s History Museum spawned Battle for the Ballot, an absolute gem.
Hill is an incredibly talented writer and these 10 superb songs and his slow measured voice paint pictures that celebrate all those who campaigned and fought for our right to vote.
He's aided by splendid vocalist Tracey Browne who, in Paint This Prison, brings the heroic women to life, especially on the story of an anonymous suffragette prisoner .
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