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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Spine-tingling coda a reminder of what we’re going to miss
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
THERE’S a sad loss to report this month with the news that the mighty vocal trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson are calling it a day after 23 years.
Their final album Coda (No Masters) is a tour de force that shows us exactly what a hole will be left in English folk when their spine-tingling a capella harmonies fall silent.
It packs a powerful political punch, kicking off with Jim Boyes’s The Avenging Angel, an instant classic yoking the melody of the gospel song Palms of Victory to a stinging denunciation of Western bloodshed in the Middle East.
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STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over