MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant

PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument

Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR

CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album

New releases from The Mountains Goats, Ed O’Brien, and YHWH Nailgun

ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review On The Sea, A Useful Ghost, Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, and Pinocchio Unstrung

RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers