Voudoun and the Book of The Law

Sloppy thinking and lack of spiritual purpose has allowed agents of discord to invade our shared idea space...

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Womadelaide Walkies: Saturday Footmash

Can an old fella still handle festivals? Fruitbats and foot care at Womadelaide...

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Madam Hillary, Time to Go Home

In US politics, dignity is a rare commodity. Which doesn't stop Madam Hillary burning what's left of hers....

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Loitered Lens: Tarja

Structured cheekbones and sharp imagery from the symphonic grandeur of Tarja at Koko...

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Unexpected, Imaginative Experiences… with Whalley Range All Stars

Security stopped us because we Went Too Far.... Whalley Range All Stars prove the power of theatre...

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Coldcut team with On-U Sound and Roots Manuva

A spiky rallying cry for Britain’s indestructible musical melting pot....

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Womadelaide Walkabout (Part Three)

Clashes, odd formatting and muscle twinges get put aside for Oumou Sangare at Womadelaide...

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Tarja: The Shadow Queen Rocks KOKO

Baroque opulence and searing soprano vocals prove a perfect match at Koko...

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Pay the Fiddler. When Can We Have Sustainable Music?

Perhaps we need a sea change in culture, where art and artists come to be valued once again. ...

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Fight Fire with Fire: Cie Carabosse at Womadelaide (Interview)

Cie Carabosse go beyond firepots and flashworks with their Exodus of Forgotten Peoples installation...

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Can Music Ever Be Sustainable?

Pop music can create not just idols, but shaman-like figures who help us negotiate our way through life and death. How do we keep it coming?...

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Loitered Lens: Beyond the Beat at the Royal Albert Hall

Previews of Julio Etchart's photography from the Beyond the Beat exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall...

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Cabaret Voltaire Go Deep Into The Devil’s Arse (and invite you to join them)

Solid electronica with provenance... from the depths of a Derbyshire cave...

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Womadelaide Walkabout: Friday Flashbacks

Starting hot, WOMADelaide got hotter still with the activist politics of Ana Tijoux and the Slavic blues of Warsaw Village Band...

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Going Down the Soul Mine?

The Soul Mine returns to Hanway Social for a late night of soul, funk and 60s sharp cuts...

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Play the Body: Screenwriting for Visceral Viewing

Good screenwriting prompts reactions in the body as well as the mind. How so?...

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Affordable Care – For BigPharma. Time to Escape the Duopoly

The rubble of Trump's presidency will form fertile ground for resistance - if we act now....

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WOMADelaide Walkabout, Part One.

A quarter century in, does WOMADelaide still deliver?...

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What’s A Xylosynth? Johnny DeAngelis (Interview)

None more metal than a xylosynth player....

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Visceral Viewing: Screenwriting for the Human Brain(s)

Effective screenwriters not only aim for psychological effect - they seek to create 'visceral viewing'....

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Loitered Lens: Staticland (Part Two)

Photos of Staticland at London's Camden Underworld, January 2017...

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Towards a Sustainable Music

Making a living is just one aspect of the sustainable music industry that isn't happening...

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Loitered Lens: Wildwood Kin

A rare harmony engulfs Islington's Academy as Wildwood Kin cast their melodic spell...

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Our job, as puppeteers, is to disappear: Frolicked Outdoor Puppet Theatre

Puppetry has a quality that allows us, as puppeteers, to get very close to people...

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The Jonesing Jams: Worlds Collide (Psych Rock Jams, April 20)

Improvised and fleeting psych rock jams amongst Brick Lane's bodacious baltis and bagels....

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Nothing Changes: Isn’t ‘Deep State’ just the ‘Civil Service’?

Whatever you choose to call it, the wheels within wheels always have the power...

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Sylvan Dreaming with the Wildwood Kin

Sister act Wildwood Kin prove the rule of harmonious juxtaposition at Islington Academy...

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Let Me Think, But Not Much: Screenwriting and the Brain(s)

100 Problems, but as long as they're someone else's, we're locked to our seats....

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Loitered Lens: Annisokay

Gutteral teutonic metalcore screams juxtaposed with heartfelt vocal melodies - Annisokay live at Islington Academy 2. Photos...

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Disbelief is right there all the time: Maynard Flip Flap

Some audiences are horrible. Maynard Flip Flap's Rick Allen dares to voice the forbidden truth....

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