STEVE JOHNSON recommends a beautiful album of songs that celebrate summer, from May Day onwards
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Books: Sounds Like London: 100 Years Of Black Music In The Capital
Authentic account of black music's capital origins
New releases from Joe Wilkes, Honey and the Bear, and Hannah James and Toby Kuhn
Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album
Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
Sounds Like London: 100 Years Of Black Music In The Capital
by Lloyd Bradley
(Serpents Tail, £12.99)
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