MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: May 15, 2023
Reviews of The Ducks, The National, and Artemis
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
The Ducks
High Flyin’
(Reprise)
★★★★
THE latest release in Neil Young’s Official Bootleg Series documents one of the lesser known moments of his career.
In summer 1977 the Canadian-American singer-songwriter teamed up with Moby Grape bassist Bob Mosley, guitarist Jeff Blackburn and Johnny Craviotto on drums to form the bar band The Ducks. They played just 22 shows before breaking up. Under contract to only tour with Crazy Horse, the gigs were therefore limited to the Santa Cruz city limits, apparently.
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