Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
WE ALL know that the EU and US are secretly negotiating the major trade deal The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which means that NHS privatisation will be irreversible if the deal goes through.
The same holds true for education, water and environmental services, as well as for any hope of renationalising the railways.
Under TTIP privatisation is forever. So it’s more than fitting that Bob Crow and Tony Benn adorn the cover of this CD, released as a fundraiser for Trade Unionists Against the EU (TUAEU). Both would be raging against TTIP today if they were with us, that much is sure.
Chris Searle speaks to jazz vocalist NORMA WINSTONE
New releases from Old Spot, Chris Marksberry, and Clementine Lovell
New releases from Ninebarrow, Amit Dattani, and Lonan
STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over



