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Islington Assembly Hall, LondonThe Welsh guitarist’s awe-inspiring technique and intense musicality made a transporting first gig back for our criticBarefoot, wearing all black, a solitary guitarist sits on the stage, her face shrouded by a curtain of long hair, her hands a blur of motion. The sound she makes … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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The Led Zeppelin frontman turned podcaster reflects on jazz beatniks reading Camus, the primeval power of Ike & Tina Turner, and taking Muddy Waters’s spot on Alexis Korner’s couchI was an only child until I was 11, so my childhood was spent in this blissful otherworldly state, cycling with my dad … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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Our countdown is complete, and top spot goes to a timely blast of identity pop – adding to a fine selection of albums that range from the socially conscious to the political, as well as pure slices of ecstatic rock and cutting rapSee our tracks of the yearThe best culture … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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Caroline InternationalVan Morrison’s 40th studio album comes packaged in the year’s most unsettling cover: the great man with Archie Andrews – the ventriloquist’s dummy from Educating Archie – sitting on his knee. What can it all mean? Morrison had a 2012 track called Educating Archie that complained about global elites, capitalism … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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(Ma Case Records)Moonlight Benjamin describes her music as a blend of voodoo and rock’n’roll. Born in Haiti and living in France, she is both a voodoo priestess and a powerful singer-songwriter with an impressive vocal range. Benjamin sounds thrilling, thoughtful and, at times, downright spooky. Title track … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian