In a season of Greek mythology NIAMH THORNTON looks at an intriguing relocation of Medea to contemporary Mexico
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By chance, RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA comes across a fine new two hander about the enduring legacy of the Miners' strike
Rescue care from the realm of sentimentality: what happens when we replace the vertical relationship between benefactor and victim with interdependence, collective organisation and struggle?
New releases by Interpol, Phoebe Bridgers, Lambchop
ANGUS REID urges us to understand the persecution of Jason Arday from a political and historical perspective, and to see the victim in human terms
Re-releases of the classics Gypsy Rhumba and Buena Vista Social Club, and a stunning album by Palestinian artist Faris Ishaq
Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
WITH no live music and specialist record shops closed, 2020 looked like it was going to be a wipe-out.
So who would have thought that so many excellent releases and reissues would have found their way into the hands of music fans, with 2020 the year that veterans released some great new albums.
They included soul artists such as Don Bryant with Your Love Is To Blame (Fat Possum), Jerry “Swamp Dogg” William’s country-soul set Sorry You Couldn’t Make It (Joyful Noise) and Dan Penn’s Living On Mercy (Last Music Company).
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