SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective
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Good Cop vs Bad Fascist fantasy, a guilty witness, Scottish witchcraft, and Camino de Santiago shocker
Releases from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Maggie Nicols/Robert Mitchell/Alya Al Sultani, and Gordon Beck Trio and Quintet
The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song
SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State
MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill
US LABEL Paradise of Bachelors released a bevy of astonishing records this year. Best of all is self-titled album The Weather Station, the follow-up to 2015’s sublime Loyalty.
Songs such as the tumultuous Thirty and unhurried closer The Most Dangerous Thing About You are further proof that Canadian Tamara Lindeman is one of the most talented songwriters working today.
Lovers of good music should also check out James Elkington’s folky debut album Wintres Woma, the expansive desert country of Gun Outfit’s Out of Range and Jake Xeres Fussell’s archival exploration of folk, blues and country on What In A Natural World.
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