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Seek him everyday
John Coltrane‘s A Love Supreme is a suite of music that‘s epic in its scope yet, in the way it gives thanks in a naked coda, as humble as its composer. For another musician to perform it is exceptionally challenging, as they have to pull off the role of someone undergoing something akin to spiritual…
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His birth name has remained a mystery
More than a man, Jah Shaka was an institution, an ideal and (perhaps paradoxically for someone publicity shy) an icon of sound system culture. After his death in April 2023, graffiti began cropping up around the capital marking his passing. At the Notting Hill Carnival I clocked a tribute to him on the side of…
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So many things I need to tell you
Tricky’s Maxinquaye still holds enough mystery that Rough Trade East is packed for a talk with him for the album’s big re-release. I’m stuck behind a pillar and Tricky himself is invisible, but listening to his disembodied voice is strangely familiar, almost comforting, if you’re used to listening intently to him on headphones. Michael A…
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