MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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‘It's impossible to understand the world around us without understanding how we got here’
Ahead of his tour next month, radical US songwriter DAVID ROVICS talks music and politics with Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
David Rovics
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
You've called your new show the Musical History tour and it will focus on stories from the past. How can music shape our historical understanding and why is it important?
The powers-that-be in the US would have us believe that history is shaped mainly by great leaders or technological innovation.
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The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
