GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
5/5
In 2009 Bellowhead’s Sam Sweeney was looking for a new fiddle. In luthier Roger Claridge’s Oxford shop he tried out a few and one of them, newly made by one Richard S Howard, seemed to “sing” to him.
Having bought it, when he started playing he noticed a label inside reading “Made in the Great War” and which also had the union flag, the French tricolour and the Russian imperial eagle printed on it. Intrigued, he started to research the history and that’s what this show is all about.
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
New releases from Old Spot, Chris Marksberry, and Clementine Lovell
New releases from Laura Veirs, The Waterboys, and Yard Act
New releases from Kneecap, Sam Blasucci, and Juni Habel



