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Joe Strummer


Punk poet, musician, composer, actor, and style icon, Joe Strummer spent his life smashing musical and cultural boundaries both as the singer of The Clash and as a solo artist. His songs sound as urgent and vital today as when they were written. Calling out social injustices and giving a voice to the struggles of …

DARK HORSE RECORDS, the label founded by George Harrison in 1974, has announced that it is to issue a solo years-spanning best-of looking at Joe Strummer’s career after The Clash. It’s to be a 16-track compilation entitled Assembly, and will feature singles, favourites, and archive rarities, including a heretofore unheard acoustic take on “Junco Partner” …

The Clash’s third album, ‘London Calling’, is 40 years old this month and so it feels like an apt time to reassess the record that many regard as the band’s finest and that marked the band’s transition to a major act on the international stage. It’s an album that makes me feel like a teenager …