Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Striking a very radical chord
CALUM BAIRD tells Bob Oram why his excellent new album No Right Turn reflects the mood of his times
IT’S said that when Sam Cooke played Bob Dylan to a young Bobby Womack he simply didn’t get it. Cooke explained that from then on, it was not going to be about how pretty the voice was.
It was going to be about believing that the voice is telling the truth.
Calum Baird has such a voice — and a talent to match.
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