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The people’s history of Glasgow in song
MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
IN THE RING: The Tenementals play The Revelator, Glasgow / Pic: Tommy Breslin
ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI)
The Tenementals
★★★★★
THE Beacon Arts centre in Greenock hosted the Tenementals and a local support band The Chords for a thrilling musical rendition of their album Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI).
On a Saturday evening in Greenock, with The Ferguson shipyard only about half a mile down the Clyde and struggling to build ferries, let alone warships, lead singer Dave Archibald reflected the loss of much of Glasgow’s industrial greatness in a duet aptly called Post Production. This melancholic and deeply insightful song is a gem for anyone with the kind of lived experience I have had growing up in and around Glasgow.
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