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Interview: An underrated Cornershop
Frontman TJINDER SINGH talks to James Walsh about a band whose unconventional approach hasn’t always got the plaudits it deserves
CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
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
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
CORNERSHOP aren’t like most other bands. If they were farming machinery, they’d be a combine harvester — albeit one built from scratch from a dizzying variety of other equipment.
Their career has taken in everything from punk to funk, disco to dub and all manner of musical destinations besides.
“Being not so easily pinned down has had its problems. But it has made for a more interesting career,” says Tjinder Singh, Cornershop frontman for 20 years and more.
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