STEVE JOHNSON recommends a protest album with a harder edge than many in the genre
Rooted in Rivera
MIGUEL ZENON tells Chris Searle why his latest album pays tribute to one of the great Puerto Rican singers
DENNIS BROE finds much to praise in the new South African Netflix series, but wonders why it feels forced to sell out its heroine
CARL DEATH introduces a new book which explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change
In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights
Fiery words from the Bard in Blackpool and Edinburgh, and Evidence Based Punk Rock from The Protest Family
MATTHEW HAWKINS is mesmerised by a performance that dissolves the line between audience and performer
MATTHEW SHARPE recommends the essays of a Renaissance politician that instruct and unnerve after 400 years
“IT WASN'T until I started to write my own music and conceptualise what I wanted to do as a musician that I started to consider my musical roots,” says the beautifully fluid alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon.
Paying tribute: Miguel Zenon (Pic: Michael Hoefner/Creative Commons)
“I wanted to strike a balance between the Puerto Rican folk and the jazz traditions, which have a lot in common.”
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