Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
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Transgender diva
WILL STONE marvels at the vocal range and vulnerabilty of a remarkable virtuoso
Anohni and The Johnsons play the Barbican
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
MIK SABIERS wallows in a night of political punk and funk that fires both barrels at Trump
Reasonable radicalism, death in Abu Dhabi, locked-room romance, and sleuthing in the Blitz
SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.
JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
Anohni And The Johnsons
Barbican, London
ANOHNI is finally back following the release of last year’s acclaimed My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, marking her first album and live tour in eight years.
The album, which features the deceased LGBTQ rights activist Marsha P Johnson on the cover, is a soul-inspired classic in the school of Marvin Gaye — dealing with oppression and loss in a way reminiscent of Nina Simone — following the eco-electronic sucker punch of 2016’s Hopelessness.
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