STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
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Barry Green Sextet, The Vortex, London
The sophisticated swing of a new generation of young British boppers makes itself well and truly heard
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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
GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a unique dream journal collected by a Jewish journalist in Nazi Berlin
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, Parthenope, Where Dragons Live and Thunderbolts* reviewed by MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE
AS THE vibrant sound of Bud Powell’s Webb City rings out at the Vortex, pianist Barry Green leads his sextet with a creative authority.
The cascades of notes fall from Miguel Girodi’s trumpet and flugelhorn, George Crowley’s Dexter Gordon-like tenor saxophone buffets the venue’s walls with his sonic ideas and Sam Braysher’s alto streams out with an instinctive lyricism.
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