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Zuzu, The Brewpub, Shoreditch
Mersey sound of a sonic boom makes Zuzu one to watch
Rocking out: Zuzu
[Mik Sabiers]
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
KENNY MacASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his English imperial masters
FIONA O’CONNOR admires an ambitious first novel that loosens South Africa’s rainbow collective to examine the racial tensions within
Aussie mining corporation murder, Liverpudlian ex-cop amnesia, a naive vigilante tries to reset capitalism, and the riddle of the dead psychoanalyst
SYLVIA HIKINS is persuaded by an entertaining play that the true miracle of Lourdes would be for attitudes toward disability to change
TRANSFORMING a small-scale venue into a mock arena, Liverpool’s Zuzu is a whirling dervish as she fills the tiny space with sonic wonders, bon mots, some great guitar and rocking tunes.
Squeezed centre stage in geeky glasses and backed by a guitarist, bass player and drummer, Zuzu wears her Liverpudlian roots on her sleeve and it shows — there are shades of Liverpool legends like The La’s or The Zutons in her music.
But it’s not just the north that gets a look in — there’s a good dose of Kate Nash-style observation and even some of the quirky commentary of New Zealand’s Princess Chelsea, all while Zuzu’s voice remains constant, loud, proud and Liverpool to the core.
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