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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Don’t be left without these Star sounds
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
“AS LONG as people have been writing songs, music has been a vehicle for making political points and challenging injustice” says Tony Wright.
He’s the lead singer of The Hurriers, the band who kick off the new Morning Star CD Don’t Be Left Without Us and, when he suggested we celebrate the Morning Star’s 50th anniversary by capturing the spirit and breadth of talent of artists who are “doing a bit for our class,” the response from them was amazing.
Even now, with 34 acts on the CD we have offers from at least a dozen more. Like previous Morning Star compilations it includes names you know, names you don’t, songs you will love and some you won’t.
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