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An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times. I think that is true of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? That to me is the definition of an artist.

Nina Simone

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Nina Simone: An Artist’s Duty Is to Reflect the Times

2 December 2019 / 359

Chris Guiton discusses Nina Simone’s Mississippi Goddam Every now and then a song comes along that defines an epoch. “Mississippi Goddam” by jazz and blues singer-songwriter Nina... Continue reading

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The Beatles and British culture: chippy class warriors to eternal spiritual explorers

10 November 2019 / 304

On the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road, Philip Bounds pays tribute to ‘four cultural subversives’ through the prism of an alternative Top Ten of their songs The Beatles... Continue reading

Philip Bounds

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Béla Bartók: folk music, censorship and anti-fascism

23 October 2019 / 300

Michael Jarvie discusses the life and work of Béla Bartók If you’ve ever seen Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining you will have heard some of Bartók’s characteristic... Continue reading

Michael Jarvie

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Calum Baird: Modern Man

17 September 2019 / 250

Chris Guiton reviews Calum Baird’s latest release Calum Baird’s new single Modern Man is a potent take on male identity. The Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter and political activist writes... Continue reading

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The Bread and Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award 2020

13 September 2019 / 257

Mollie Brown introduces the Bread & Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award 2020, and ‘the instinctive joy of taking control of cultural production’ The Communication Workers’ Union... Continue reading

Mollie Brown

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Attica Blues: The Power of Music

10 September 2019 / 298

Chris Guiton discusses the Attica prison riot of September 1971, and Archie Shepp’s creative response to it In September 1971, the bloodiest prison riot that the United States... Continue reading

Martin George - fix

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By the folk, of the folk and for the folk: Joe Corrie and the Bowhill Players

9 September 2019 / 284

Tom Hubbard writes about Fife’s folk culture, past and present There are books which, discovered when you are young, remain a moral and artistic compass for you... Continue reading

Tom Hubbard

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Jazz and Justice

26 August 2019 / 272

Daniel Rosenberg reviews Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music by Gerald Horne. Capitalism turns art into product, which is put on the shelf... Continue reading

Daniel Rosenberg

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Happy 100th birthday, Pete Seeger

19 April 2019 / 303

Jenny Farrell honours Pete Seeger as we near what would have been his 100th birthday There are few people more famous in the political song movement than... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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The Making of a Two Tone Nation

7 March 2019 / 308

40 years on, Mark Perryman celebrates the release of the debut single from The Specials On the 3rd May 1979, Margaret Thatcher leads the Tories to a crushing... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

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An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times. I think that is true of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? That to me is the definition of an artist.

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