The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: October 10, 2022
New releases from Bonny Light Horseman, Keith Jarrett and Dry Cleaning
SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State
MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill
STEVE ANDREW recommends a Marxist analysis of the long chains of production that global corporations exploit
MARY CONWAY relishes the period detail but misses the drama in this unsatisfactory dramatisation of the subjugated life of George Eliot
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a mainstream scholar to the ranks of left-wing critique of US foreign policy
PETER MASON is disappointed that the eponymous Count fails to put in an appearance
Bonny Light Horseman
Rolling Golden Holy
(37d03d)
★★★★
THE follow-up to their Grammy-nominated 2020 debut of folk standards, Rolling Golden Holy finds Bonny Light Horseman skilfully fleshing out their sound and vision.
Made up of three supremely talented artists — Anais Mitchell, Josh Kaufman and Eric D Johnson — the US group recorded the album in upstate New York.
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