Reviews

Ex-Josef K singer and unsung hero of British electronica

Self-explanatory collection of the love, hope and acceptance Tribe with a bonus DVD of videos from 1990 onwards

Memphis soul queen's glory

Hit-and-miss retelling of legendary outlaw's tale

Ghoulish Japanimation

November 1979. Bob Marley is already stricken with the cancer that will soon kill him. He's in the middle of a US tour that will take in 47 dates in 49 nights. By the time he reaches the Santa Barbara County Bowl, he's exhausted. He looks tired and has a cold he can't shake off. The throb in his cancerous toe is a constant reminder that he's dying. And yet he sounds magnificent.

Director Fred Schepisi attacks John Guare's stageplay, frenetically switching locations and narrators as often as possible in an attempt to movie-ise this intelligent, satirical, wordy account of sociopathic homosexual confidence trickster Will Smith (acting, for real!) and his divisive impact upon a group of pompous, wealthy, middle-aged Upper East Side culturati.

Edwyn Collins-produced follow-up to 2001's Persevere

Second envelope-expanding album from roots-based US singer-songwriter

Veteran folk queen turns to the alt. country songbook