MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
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Last, but not least
TOM STONE is bowled over by late-summer party that plants its flag far from the mainstream
Nya Gazelle Brown of Says She She at End Of The Road festival 2023
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JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
RON JACOBS welcomes the political lessons for today, about organisation and withdrawal from conflict, made by an erudite and conversational biography
End of the Road Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens
“THIS is a protest song,” announces Say She She’s Piya Malik from End of the Road’s main stage, before the all-female trio launch into their pro-choice anthem Norma, which strikes a chord with the alternative crowd on the sunny Friday afternoon of the festival at Larmer Tree Gardens.
The song was penned last year in reaction to the then imminent overturning of Roe v Wade by the US Supreme Court. That battle may have been lost, but the war goes on, and this Brooklyn/London outfit are passionate standard bearers for the struggle, while also delivering supremely polished disco-soul in the style of Minnie Ripperton and Patti Labelle. The set closes with an astounding note-perfect cover of the Jackson Sisters’ I Believe in Miracles. And here, for a weekend at least, we can.
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