If i had a hammer

Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, April 29

Taking her bow after an extraordinary career, the godmother of Anglo-American folk looks back at her landmark releases

Complete Suites and Other Music for Keyboard Cristian Sandrin (piano) SOMM Recordings SOMMCD0702 61:09 mins In the first complete recording of Purcell’s eight keyboard suites on the modern piano, Roma

A satisfyingly bittersweet British comedy; a bloody, multicultural late-1700s yarn; a true tale of Nazi resistance; and more…

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This trio of Los Angeles musicians fuse the rhythms of Havana, Medellín and Lima with the sounds of 60s surf music – though their sound has more in common with Latin folk music than Dick Dale. We join them to talk about their debut album, fibreglass guitars and tropical psychedelia