The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: April 30, 2024
New releases from Kamasi Washington, Ruth Theodore, Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Here, Vermiglio, William Tell and Wolf Man
New releases from Thorpe and Morrison, Daria Kulesh, and Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
RINA ARYA confronts the brutal operation of Francis Bacon’s approach to portraiture
Emphasising his continuous engagement in labour movement struggles, ALISTAIR FINDLAY salutes John Foster’s contribution as activist, strategist, intellectual and defender of the Morning Star
ANDY MIAH advocates the use of AI to assist people by expanding access to global literature and culture
EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance
Kamasi Washington
Fearless Movement
(Young)
★★★
WITH 2015’s The Epic and then Heaven and Earth in 2018 — both triple albums! — Kamasi Washington established himself as the visionary figurehead of contemporary US jazz.
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