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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'See you on the picket line'
STEVE WHITE AND THE PROTEST FAMILY talk to Bob Oram about the activist approach to making inspirational music
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
Home to the beautiful William Morris Gallery, a closed-down dog track and East 17, Walthamstow is captured perfectly on the superb latest album This Band is Sick from Steve White and the Protest Family.
With White on guitar, harmonica and vocals, Funky Lol Ross on mandolin and electric guitar, Doug E Harper on bass and Russ Chandler on banjo it's a protest album fusing punk and folk that is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with workers and the oppressed.
But it's not all about doom and gloom, as White explains. “We started the year in typical Protest Family style, agreeing to play a benefit show for UCU members on indefinite strike at Lambeth College.
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