DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Uplifting notes for Palestine
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Thessaloniki-born Stelios Chatzikaleas about his new album Dignity and his support for the cause of Palestine
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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
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
JAZZ trumpeter Stelios Chatzikaleas, was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1985, his mother a courthouse secretary, his father a train driver.
He started learning piano at six, but when he heard records of Miles Davis and Chet Baker as a teenager, he switched to trumpet.
“I tried to learn their solos, their sound and articulation. Then I discovered Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava, who became my main influence, and I wanted to play like him.
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