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Live Review: Solange, Movement, Juggernaut DJs

You can imagine Solange writhing, stomping and tossing her head back in a similar fashion in the company of her friends.

Live Review: Amadou & Mariam

A confronting and delightful experience of music in the dark, attempted with an open mind and an open mind.

Live Review: Amanda Palmer

GO AND SEE THIS SHOW. IT IS LIFE-AFFIRMING.

Live Review: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet

The quintet were tight and meditative, offering five often separate strains of jazz to wrap your head around that somehow moved as one, coming together in a frenzy on the last beat to redefine sound.

Live Review: Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers

More than just a musician, Caplan is an all-round showman.

Live Review: Bombino

There was just the right mix of funk, rock and though few if any knew the meaning of Moctar’s lyrics there was an innate soulfulness to his singing that transcended translation.

Live Review: Chaka Khan, Hot Dub Time Machine

Chaka’s vocals were exactly as expected – shrill, sexy and sassy.

Live Review: Dom Flemons

There are musicians who perform true to their recordings and then there are songsters like Dom Flemons who one-up the recording and give everything back.

Live Review: Gang Of Youths, Jordan Leser, Jenny Broke The Window

Each track the band pelted out felt like some passionate odyssey, or some kind of epic written in stone, thanks to the relentless energy and conviction of the band, driven by frontman David Leaupepe’s Win-Butler-meets-Bruce-Springsteen grizzly yelps.

Live Review: Grave, Wehrmacht, Primate

This was a performance that showed why Grave has survived for over 20 years – no frills, no fancy tricks, just well crafted aural brutality straight from the pits of hell.

Live Review: Lee Fields & The Expressions

Forget the New Year – Lee Fields will take you blissfully back to the strains of old-school soul where groove is a necessity and time almost doesn’t exist.

Live Review: Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro, Declan Kelly & The Rising Sun

It’s not hard to get a room going with funk, but this show had a life and personality that few bands in recent memory have matched.

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