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Poet SALENA GODDEN is a class act live and her books and debut album show why she’s one of the best on the circuit, writes Tim Wells
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
EARLIER this month Salena Godden launched her debut album LIVEwire and, like Ron Jeremy, it’s taken a long time coming.
The rock magazine Kerrang said that she’s “everything the Daily Mail hates.” Indeed, that she’s black, female and licentious will ire the Daily Heil but it’s the fact that she’s also intelligent, funny and engaging that really gets them hot under the starched white collar.
Godden’s written My Tits Are More Feminist Than Your Tits, one of the best political poems of the last few years and it’s, rightly, a live favourite.
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