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It’s always this way for me, with music like this. Everything about it evokes the country; but not the country seen from far away of slow rolling slopes, soft meadows, trees whose green is bright and joyful seen from above and outside. Not this country. This is the country up close. The grass is stone-ridden …

Baby Huey and a cosmic jazz orchestra made a child amongst the stars.  In their benevolence and love, they gifted us their firstborn, Kamasi Washington.  He has a new album out this month, Heaven and Earth (released 22 June on Young Turks), his attempt to tackle “global chaos”.  Leading off that LP is “Street Fighter Mas”, …

There have been several moments in reviewing this album where I have wanted to give it a ‘6’.  ‘Sirens’ has a warm, lush sound, and the straightforwardness of his delivery and songs suggest a singer-songwriter that believes in his material.  You feel like this guy’s alright. Surely he’s better than a ‘5’ ? But that’s not …

Fu*k. I’m on the London overground heading home from Rich Mix cinema where I’ve been brutalised by Danish zombie horror “What We Become”, part of the Cult strand at this year’s London Film Festival. I think I feel worse than I did when walking out of the “Dawn of the Dead” remake, and I was …