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Makiko Hirabayashi Trio, Pizza Express, Soho
Melodic treat from Copennhagen trio
Ever inventive: Makiko Hirabayashi
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
HAILING from Copenhagen, this trio includes Tokyo-born Makiko Hirabayashi and veteran Danish-American percussionist Marilyn Mazur, whose array of tiny bells and miniature cymbals hang from a crossbar over her drum set and create a metallic transcendence.
Hirabayashi plucks the strings inside her piano and the rubber-souled fingers of bassist Klavs Hovman delve deep during Once Upon a Sea, their tribute to those who perished in the 2011 Fukushima tsunami.
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