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Attending London's recent Felebration — a fairly Ronal portmanteau celebrating the life and work of Fela Kuti — Lottie Brazier finds a performance rightly reverent of history even as it creates new meaning for all involved, and an event which, in our current Right-lurching climate, is both necessary and in danger of disappearing
Attending London's recent Felebration — a fairly Ronal portmanteau celebrating the life and work of Fela Kuti — Lottie Brazier finds a performance rightly reverent of history even as it creates new meaning for all involved, and an event which, in our current Right-lurching climate, is both necessary and in danger of disappearing
At this year's La Route du Rock festival, in and around Brittany's fortress city of Saint-Malo, Lottie Brazier experiences the physical reality of surround sound, the coming of age of Belle and Sebastian, and an unexpected highlight in the form of a more danceable Pantha Du Prince
At this year's La Route du Rock festival, in and around Brittany's fortress city of Saint-Malo, Lottie Brazier experiences the physical reality of surround sound, the coming of age of Belle and Sebastian, and an unexpected highlight in the form of a more danceable Pantha Du Prince
At the monolithic Roskilde festival in Denmark, Lottie Brazier finds a far more than cursory exploration of contemporary non-Western music pointing — despite seemingly having no overt political agenda — to a rising tide of inclusivity and anti-nationalist sentiment in an increasingly conservative climate
At the monolithic Roskilde festival in Denmark, Lottie Brazier finds a far more than cursory exploration of contemporary non-Western music pointing — despite seemingly having no overt political agenda — to a rising tide of inclusivity and anti-nationalist sentiment in an increasingly conservative climate