CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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Striking a very radical chord
CALUM BAIRD tells Bob Oram why his excellent new album No Right Turn reflects the mood of his times
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
IT’S said that when Sam Cooke played Bob Dylan to a young Bobby Womack he simply didn’t get it. Cooke explained that from then on, it was not going to be about how pretty the voice was.
It was going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth.
Calum Baird has such a voice — and a talent to match.
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