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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Pure and beautiful narrative melodies
Chris Searle reviews Marc Ribot
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
Marc Ribot at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London E8
4/5
It was Waiting for Ribot at the Cafe Oto last week, with two powerfully accomplished British free musicians, pianist Pat Thomas and drummer Paul Abbott, playing Vladimir and Estragon in their opening set before the performance from the eclectic fingers of the New Jersey-born guitarist.
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