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...Curated by Lloyd Bradley, author of the books Bass Culture and Sounds Like London, the season explores, among other things, potent US-Jamaican musical exchanges....
...the first lockdown both of their adult children were at home and attention turned to the development of a new website to market pork, beef and venison from the estate, set up with the help of their son, Ned...
...But for all the rough action here, Sellars also displays unusual charm in the dinner staged for Dame Shirley by the fugitive slave Ned Peters (a robust performance by bass-baritone Davóne Tines)....
...Bowie’s arrangement is sparse, urgent, Carlos Alomar’s multi-layered acoustic guitars thrumming over pulsing bass and frantic drums....
...There’s lovely work from Lillie Flynn as Ray’s wife Rasa, Adam Sopp as disgruntled drummer Mick and Ned Derrington as shy bass player Pete, while John Dagleish is simply outstanding as Ray....
...Ned Beauman, author of ‘The Teleportation Accident’ (Sceptre) ——————————————- London Sam Clark and Ellen Parr A wild sea bass tells you everything you need to know about what Sam Clark has taught Ellen...
...In spite of flaps which, if lifted, threaten to reveal Ned in all his disrobed glory, decorum is (mostly) maintained. Cheeky, in every sense....
...Eventually, a winner is declared: The Midnight Moses, a 22-year-old student from Staines, west London, who did something unusual with an air bass guitar....
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