This superb new solo album, the largely autobiographical Thank You For Listening, is closer to the agile musical surrealism of his band Punch Brothers, each track distinguished by his nakedly honest vocal work, shifting from jazz to gospel to a’cappella as the story unfolds. Two tracks in particular – I […]
Daily Archives: December 10, 2017
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Volume 5 is a peach, featuring everyone from the late, great Charles Bradley to homegrown organ funkster Brian Auger and one cut so rare it hadn’t been heard for 40 years: the irresistibly hyperactive Nawa by Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers.
AFP / GETTY Union leaders demanded Mugabe repay millions of pounds of stolen public money He is believed to have amassed a fortune worth more than £750million during his 37 years in power, according to leaked CIA documents, But as the 93-year-old continues a selfimposed house arrest in his £7.5million […]
The Foreign Secretary arrived in Tehran yesterday and held “frank” discussions with foreign minister Javad Narif, during efforts to free the mother-of-one, who has been imprisoned since April last year. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is serving a five-year sentence over allegations that she was plotting to overthrow the Islamic government. The Anglo-Iranian […]
That shift must have been a positive one: now working out of a home studio they have made a sparkling debut album, tracks such as Gustav and Lazy Sun marrying a lush sound similar to French pop alchemists Phoenix, with some superbly individual touches of their own.
PH Elaine Paige is Queen Rat in the London Palladium’s Dick Whittington I shall love getting hissed!” says Elaine Paige with a big laugh, referring to what she’ll be doing during the Christmas period. Yes, she did say hissed. While many of us will be relaxing with a glass of […]
In a move that will spark fears across the EU of an “Italexit”, three of the country’s political parties are backing the introduction of “Fiscal Credit Certificates” as an alternative to the euro. The complex plan has the approval of the European Central Bank. Among the parties backing it is […]