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Attila the Stockbroker Diary: April 19, 2024
Suddenly pressed into international diplomacy, the bard brings the crumhorn of peace to North Korea
THE CRUMHORN OF PEACE: (L) Attila in action; (R) Arirang, a 600 year old folksong sung today in both North and South Korea, and a symbol of unity in the region that is divided by the Korean War
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Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album
Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
NK DONS!
I’m 66. I’ve been Attila for 44 years. And the wonderful thing is that the kind of utterly bonkers stories documented extensively in my 2015 autobiography Arguments Yard are still happening to me after all this time. The latest one can finally be revealed.
Last year I came home from the pub to the kind of email one doesn’t get every day.
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