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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: November 4, 2020
The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song
SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State
MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill
STEVE ANDREW recommends a Marxist analysis of the long chains of production that global corporations exploit
MARY CONWAY relishes the period detail but misses the drama in this unsatisfactory dramatisation of the subjugated life of George Eliot
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a mainstream scholar to the ranks of left-wing critique of US foreign policy
Emily Barker
A Dark Murmuration Of Words
(Thirty Tigers)
★★★
AFTER the Memphis Soul of her previous record, the new solo album – the fourth – from Australian-born, now UK-based singer-songwriter Emily Barker is made up of relatively straightforward folk music.
Recorded in Pembrokeshire with John Freeman as producer, there are many accomplished, Radio 2-friendly songs here. The Woman Who Planted Trees is a welcome tribute to Kenyan eco-human rights activist Wangari Maathai, while the Pete Seeger-inspired Where Have The Sparrows Gone? feels like the set’s centrepiece.
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