MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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The Allman Brothers, Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection
Great tribute to one of rock music’s most enduring bands
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
THE ALLMAN Brothers came together in 1969 and these box and vinyl sets span their entire career across 13 different line-ups, with tracks from their albums and live recordings – including with The Grateful Dead — and unreleased material.
Kicking off in 1969 with an unreleased cover of Muddy Waters’s Trouble No More, the Capricorn album’s tracks have Duane Allman’s wonderful slide guitar work at the centre of things.
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