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Nick Cave
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WILL STONE enjoys a set by an artist too eclectic to be pigeonholed
RUTH AYLETT reviews two collections of outright political poetry
The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN
PRAGYA AGARWAL recommends a collection of drawings that explore the relation of indigenous people to the land in south Asia, Africa and the Caribbean
CHRIS SEALE speaks to Palestinian sound artist BINT MBAREH
MARY CONWAY applauds a brave and timely two hander that explores the difference between intimacy and abuse
Nick Cave And Warren Ellis
Royal Albert Hall
NICK CAVE and the bad seed Warren Ellis are quite the double act.
A towering stage presence, Cave commands attention as he strides across the stage in his trademark black suit and white shirt, like an unwritten member of the Addams family, jumping back and forth from a grand piano while variously praising and insulting the audience as he goes.
Ellis, wizard-like, is happy to sit conjuring magic from his synthesizer — and violin.
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