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December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black
Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black Anti/Epitaph What a decade it’s been for Mavis Staples – riding on a high note ever since 2007’s We’ll Never Turn Back with a constant victory-lap of touring and this now deep collaboration with Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. It hasn’t all been amazing, I couldn’t get too excited […]Archive
June 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
I Am Not Your Negro: DVD
I Am Not Your Negro Director: Raoul Peck Magnolia Home Entertainment What Raoul Peck achieves with I Am Not Your Negro is stunning – a manifesto for today (sadly) that was born forty+ years ago; that was born nearly 400 years ago…Archive
July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism
I’ve been trying to connect all the dots in my head around this gig It was just before the riots and I wrote Lily and I Steve Hanify was organizing protests against the Springbok tour and the concert was part of it I wore my granddad’s leather jacket There was a large swarm of people […]Archive
October 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman