KATHRYN JOHNSON recommends the work of Norman Kaplan that was a tool in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
Pertinent politics in consummate jazz outing from Soweto Kinch
Soweto Kinch performs in Manchester in 2012
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GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes a bold feminist subversion of classic folktales that are ubiquitous in the Irish imagination
A novel by Mexican Juan Pablo Villalobos, poetry by Mexican Ingrid Bringas, and a biography by Argentinian Mercedes Halfon
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an entertaining dramatisation of the famous dispute that gives insight into the struggle, and Murdoch’s unscrupulous mendacity
ELLIS RAE is disappointed by the revival of a nihilistic play that fails to offer alternatives for social change
STEVE JOHNSON recommends an exceptional album that explores the narrative folk tradition often with a strong political message
Soweto Kinch Trio
Ronnie Scott's, London
SOWETO KINCH is in prime fettle during this Ronnie Scott's gig, with the searing narratives of his alto saxophone enhanced by the intensity of the sound — matured since I last saw him a few years ago — here underpinned by Will Glaser's crackling drums and the earthen vibrato of Nick Jurd's pulsating bass.
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