DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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George’s journey is well worth joining
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
The Camilla George Quartet The Lescar, Sheffield 4/5
WALKING down to the Lescar pub in Hunter’s Bar in Sheffield, the TV screens in the front rooms that I pass are full of the egocentric prancing and formulaic sonics of the Brit Awards.
Luckily, I’m going to hear a very different music in an entirely contrary setting — the back room, intimate session of the marvellous Camilla George Quartet, performing tunes from their debut album Isang — the word for “journey” in southeast Nigeria where the saxophonist was born.
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