By Jenny Farrell In 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich composed his 13th Symphony, basing it on five poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko that provide its textual and thematic basis. In... Continue reading
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By Alan McGuire In the history of British classical music, few figures embody a commitment to working-class culture like Alan Bush. Composer, teacher, Marxist, and advocate for... Continue reading
THE SOUND OF TRUMPETScheering and shouting in the distancechildren runningicecream vansflags breaking out over buildings black and red green and yellowUnion Jacks Red EnsignsLONG LIVE SOCIALISMstretched out... Continue reading
El Sueño Existe 2025: 6th and 7th September, Machynlleth, Wales SY20 8ER www.elsuenoexiste.com for tickets (now on sale) and programme info 2005 saw the very first El... Continue reading
I resume my podcast discussion (part one is here) with the British music journalist, Toby Manning, by exploring the dark and troubled waters of the late 60s... Continue reading
Review by Chris Searle of the above book, by Daniel Spicer (Repeater Books) As soon as I began to read this riveting biography of the German saxophonist... Continue reading
There are not many bands that are three-piece. The classic line-up is a drummer with a frontline of vocalist, lead and bass guitarists, or sometimes, as with... Continue reading
Mark Perryman celebrates the 85th anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s anthem On Sunday, 23rd February 2025, it will be the 85th anniversary of Woody Guthrie writing his anthemic... Continue reading
Brett Gregory speaks with Toby Manning, a former freelance journalist for The Guardian, The Independent and The New Statesman, whose latest publication, ‘Mixing Pop and Politics: A... Continue reading
Hamish Henderson (1919-2002) was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist and public intellectual. He studied Gramsci’s ideas on culture in the mid-1940s whilst a soldier in Italy, and... Continue reading
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