DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Flautist takes flight, from California to Hackney
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
Nicole Mitchell and Mark Sanders
Cafe Oto, London E8
4/5
CALIFORNIAN flautist Nicole Mitchell shows off her classical training and a superb technical mastery in her opening solo set which welds her jazz soul with a restless capacity to improvise.
Her notes — sounds of sadness, defiance, joy and hope — come as if from birds which have crossed the Atlantic through middle passages and contemporary migrations.
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