MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
PROTEST music is dead, some said this year. They wouldn’t have, if they’d checked out Anohni’s intense Hopelessness (Rough Trade).
Formerly working as Antony from Antony and the Johnsons, the British musician’s bold and brash electro album rails against Obama’s drone wars, Guantanamo Bay, climate change, dangerous masculinity and the death penalty.
Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers released the equally outraged American Band (ATO Records), their angry State of the Union address.
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