The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Reg Meuross
Stolen From God, Hatsongs Records
REG MEUROSS is a long-standing folk singer and songwriter whose work often involves social and political themes.
Stolen From God is his 15th album and is the culmination of four years research into the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in the 17th and 18th century, particularly in the south-west of England.
The album is a song cycle telling stories of the impact of the slave trade from different perspectives and detailing the extent of how much British institutions from church to country estates benefited.
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