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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
‘Music can be about collective issues’
Singer-songwriter CALUM BAIRD tells Bob Oram about the message he’s trying to get across in his new single
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
IT’S been a busy 12 months for Calum Baird.
After graduating earlier in the year, his album No Right Turn was nominated for Scottish Album of 2016 and he’s been on the road non-stop, including well-received appearances at the Avante festival in Portugal.
Baird revels in tales of appearing with artists he admires like David Rovics in his home city Edinburgh — “an honour and an inspiration to young singers like myself looking to write and sing political music” — and The Blockheads in Paisley on bonfire night.
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