Love Music Hate Racism Carnival
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Date:
27 April, 2008 - 14:00 - 20:00
Location:
Victoria Park, East London
Description:
see www.lmhrcarnival.com
Music
Did Bob Dylan sell out? AWL London forum
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Date:
8 December, 2005 - 19:30
Location:
Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, near Kings X, London
Description:
Speakers: Mike Short
(contributor to the websites www.gigreviewer.com, www.americana-uk.com, and eighttrackmind.net)
and Matt Cooper (Workers’ Liberty)
Speakers: Mike Short
(contributor to the websites www.gigreviewer.com, www.americana-uk.com, and eighttrackmind.net)
and Matt Cooper (Workers’ Liberty)
What did Amy Winehouse leave us with?
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Amy Winehouse seemed to walk willingly into the mould of rock’n’roll cliché, but what is her legacy?
Gil Scott-Heron and the prison system
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David McDonald (Solidarity 209) says that nobody of Gil Scott-Heron’s stature should end up in jail (in Heron’s case, for cocaine possession).
The other America
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I have harboured the usual Hollywood and rock ‘n’ roll-inspired English white boy road trip fantasies ever since my teenage years, and a couple of weeks back, I finally found myself out on Highway 61.
Gil Scott-Heron: a man of many pieces
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May saw the passing of Gil Scott-Heron, a musician and activist whose talent and importance cannot be over-stated.
Dylan at 70: his 1960s "Protest Songs" revisited
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This month the American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan marks his 70th birthday.
Don't follow leaders: Bob Dylan in China and Vietnam
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Bob Dylan recently performed in China and Vietnam for the very first time, prompting critics to denounce him for “selling out” — and not for the first time.
Inquiry needed into Smiley Culture’s death
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The family of dancehall-reggae pioneer Smiley Culture are demanding a full and open inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death.
Bieber fever
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Type the words “Justin Beiber” into Google and you’re presented with 139 million results; page after page of gossip, photo shoots and the occasional online shrine in the 17-year-old “sensation’s” name.