Bob Dylan: fake, cultural thief, shameless and now… Nobel Prize winner
Heathcote Williams doesn’t join the mountain of praise heaped on Bob Dylan for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Browsing: Music and Politics
Chimes of Freedom: the Politics of Bob Dylan’s Art by Mike Marqusee
Dylan’s songs of the sixties offer both a bracing protest against enduring enemies and a salutary critique of some of our own worst habits.
Akala: The Thieves Banquet
Which thief can stake his claim as the greatest messenger of murder upon the planet?
Akala: Shakespeare and Hip-Hop
Artist, writer and historian Akala explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, language and power.
Another Day – new album by Steve Ashley
“Clever, well-crafted and heartfelt songs by Steve Ashley, one of our finest songwriters.”
Why Brian Eno refuses to let Israeli government use his music as propaganda
Eno is one of 1,700 artists who have signed the Artists’ Pledge for Palestine, refusing funding from or cultural contacts with Israel’s government.
How prophetic was Bob Dylan when he said the times were a-changing?
Inspired by the 1960s movements for peace and equality, Dylan wrote The Times They Are a-Changin’, But were they? asks Jeff Goulding.
A painful lesson from Brexit: the democracy in Europe movement needs a simpler message
We need to explain exactly what we mean by democratisation , say Brian Eno & Yanis Varoufakis.
Brian Eno on Europe: Start worrying – details to follow
Brian Eno speaking at the launch of the DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe Movement) initiative on February 9th 2016 in Berlin
