PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Spine-tingling coda a reminder of what we’re going to miss
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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
THERE’S a sad loss to report this month with the news that the mighty vocal trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson are calling it a day after 23 years.
Their final album Coda (No Masters) is a tour de force that shows us exactly what a hole will be left in English folk when their spine-tingling a capella harmonies fall silent.
It packs a powerful political punch, kicking off with Jim Boyes’s The Avenging Angel, an instant classic yoking the melody of the gospel song Palms of Victory to a stinging denunciation of Western bloodshed in the Middle East.
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