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EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Succour from A Northern Soul
Singer-songwriter Joe Solo's inspired new album is a musical and political shot in the arm during troubling times
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
LOCKDOWN has tested so many people in so many different ways and we all have our stories to tell.
For those of us who are performers, used to spending weeks on the road every year spreading the word to live audiences and doing our best to help those who need it, things have been really difficult and we have had to learn new ways to reach out — I know I have.
Over the past year, some absolute heroes have emerged in the radical DIY music scene and, for me and so many others, head and shoulders above them all has been the inspirational Joe Solo.
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Two inspring books — that’s your New Year’s musing from me on January 2 2026