EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
The night that kind of fizzled out
black midi in action at Somerset House’s Summer Series 2022
[Mik Sabiers]
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
black midi
Somerset House
ROCK, jazz, hip hop, ambient, prog, there are many musical genres that black midi mine in their repertoire and over an 80-minute set at Somerset House all of the above and more are touched upon.
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