The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Sebastian, Four Mothers, Restless, and The Most Precious of Cargoes
Forwards lives up to expectations
GEORGE FOGARTY offers a rapping summation

Forwards Bristol Music Festival
Clifton Downs
Gathering outside with drums pounding is basic to humanity
Since before the neolithic counter-revolution you call the dawn of history
First up today is Melt Yourself Down
Purveyors of a visceral new sound
Tired of faking the ride
They respect and connect with the storm inside
Ruth Goller, the pounding heart of the place
Gutsy and raw and born to rock bass
Two saxes collide, punchy as fuck
Perfect for yer sunday morning moshpit ruck
The urgency of now built on a power of old
African rhythms with a beauteously dirty punk soul
More from this author

GEORGE FOGARTY is mesmerised by the messages made when jazz is played by people who grew up steeped in jungle and hip-hop

GEORGE FOGARTY applauds a show that punches down alt-right-friendly comedy

George Fogarty speaks to US Surrealist Blues poet AJA MONET

This is music that brings the party, the catharsis and the love all at once, says GEORGE FOGARTY