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With venues closed for the foreseeable future and no financial support from the government, musicians are facing a very bleak future, says JAMES DICKENSON
PLEA: Let Music Live campaign is calling on the government to recognise that freelance musicians are an economic asset
KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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
DESPITE increasing press coverage of the plight of music and musicians, little of any substance has been forthcoming for them in Britain.
A careful inspection of the grants given since the government’s £1.25 billion financial package for the arts was announced makes grim reading for individual musicians.
Not a single one has received any funding. Many are facing bankruptcy, homelessness and finding new careers after decades of work.
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