EWAN KOTZ got to the Jacaranda Baltic in Liverpool only to be taken by strong songwriting of the emerging all-women Lime Garden

JOHN GREEN relishes the record of a life well lived in the service of the fight for justice and socialism

The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Blue Trail, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Colours of Time, Glenrothan

CHRIS SEARLE on Mike Westbrook who died aged 90

STEVE JOHNSON speaks to JIM MORAY about an album that marks 25 years since his first

DENNIS BROE observes how cutbacks, mergers and AI create content detached from both reality and history itself