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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Striking a very radical chord
CALUM BAIRD tells Bob Oram why his excellent new album No Right Turn reflects the mood of his times
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 said that when Sam Cooke played Bob Dylan to a young Bobby Womack he simply didn’t get it. Cooke explained that from then on, it was not going to be about how pretty the voice was.
It was going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth.
Calum Baird has such a voice — and a talent to match.
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