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MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Materialists, Unmoored, Together, and Bambi: A Tale of Life in The Woods
Keith Tippett and Dartington Improvising Trio, Vortex London
Brilliant sense of adventure and invention from jazz veterans
TONY BURKE revels in the publication of previously unreleased tracks by the great US folksinger
GORDON PARSONS endures heavy rock punctuated by Shakespeare, and a delighted audience
STEVE JOHNSON recommends a protest album with a harder edge than many in the genre
DENNIS BROE finds much to praise in the new South African Netflix series, but wonders why it feels forced to sell out its heroine
CARL DEATH introduces a new book which explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change
In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights
AFTER a succession of serious health ailments and for the first time in over a year, one of jazz’s great virtuoso pianists, veteran Keith Tippett performs again at an old and beloved haunt.
Virtuoso: Keith Tippett (Pic: Bohdan Warchomij)
He’s part of the Dartington Improvising Trio with his old saxophone confrere Paul Dunmall and the ever-innovative wordless voice of Julie Tippetts — the Julie Driscoll of Brian Auger’s Trinity in the 1960s and This Wheels on Fire fame.
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