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ANGUS REID urges us to understand the persecution of Jason Arday from a political and historical perspective, and to see the victim in human terms
Memorable Patti Smith tribute to a tortured soul
Re-releases of the classics Gypsy Rhumba and Buena Vista Social Club, and a stunning album by Palestinian artist Faris Ishaq
Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
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
Killer Road, Union Chapel, London N1
5/5
Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective’s wonderfully rendered audio-visual production Killer Road is drawn from the final poems of Nico, iconic vocalist with the seminal ’70s US group Velvet Underground, which were written shortly before her death.
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CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime