The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Gaelic greatness from Maeve Mckinnon
Breathtaking: Maeve Mackinnon
[Debs Koritsas]
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
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Stri
Maeve Mackinnon
STRI in Gaelic means to strive or to struggle and, as an album title, it serves only to reinforce where contemporary Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon stands musically and politically.
Her third album is a blistering take on traditional themes of love, loss and life’s struggles, with Mackinnon’s voice politely dragging the Gaelic tradition firmly into the 21st century.
Producer Duncan Lyall has created a vibrant soundscape, meshing traditional folk instruments with synths and a set of arrangements that occasionally surprise, but always delight, the ears.
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