“A new day”, a work where two harps, viola, bass, percussion and voice are mixed together, will be released on the 21st of June. Its author is Tasha Smith Godinez, a harpist whose music transcends boundaries and genres. Her latest album has been inspired by the Celtic harp, nature, family […]
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Art protests
A German officer visited Picasso in his studio in Paris during the Second World War and there he saw Guernica. What he viewed as a swirling mess of shapes provoked him into asking the artist “Did you do this?” to which he received the reply “No, you did this”. […]
All else be damned
Adrian Johnston, the author of “Infinite greed”, is a professor of philosophy and his books and articles on Źiźek are essential reading but with long and sometimes abstruse sentences, they are not for the fainthearted. Sean Sheehan This book, about ‘the inhuman selfishness of capital’, is written in […]
From Brazil and the USA, a fusion that turns into music
Recorded in Brazil during 2023, it is a dream come true collaboration and musical representation of a friendship that was first kindled nearly 15 years ago. It is “Milton and Hope”, the new album by Brazilian Milton Nascimento and musician/composer Esperanza Spalding – will be released on August 9. The album […]
Cinema capture and celebrates Black girlhood
A year-long touring programme featuring films exploring the childhoods of Black girls, made by Black filmmakers, began last 11 May. Called “Snapshot”, it will be shown in 30 venues across the UK and will end in April 2025. It is a series of four features and five short films […]