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| | | Greta Thunberg to publish a 'go-to source' book on the climate crisis | | by Lucy Knight Mar 31, 2022 | | The Climate Book will include contributions from scientist Katharine Hayhoe, economist Thomas Piketty and novelist Margaret Atwood Greta Thunberg is releasing a new book this autumn, which aims to offer a “global overview of how the planet’s many crises connect”. “I have decided to use my platform to create a book based on the current best available science – a book that covers the climate, ecological and sustainability crises holistically”, Thunberg said in a statement. “Because the climate crisis is, of course, only a symptom of a much larger sustainability crisis. My hope is that this book might be some kind of go-to source for understanding these different, closely interconnected crises.” Continue reading... | | | | | Let the Song Hold Us review – probing celebration of the power of melody and lyrics | | by Hannah Clugston Mar 31, 2022 | | Fact, Liverpool
Arabic opera, the Windrush Merseyside generation and Anglo-Indian identity – a multimedia group art show challenges what songs mean for our cultural identities Everyday life is punctuated by song. There’s the nonsense you sing to keep the baby entertained on the changing mat, the earworm you hum while washing up, the current favourite that you blast out in a traffic jam, and the inaudible mumbling emanating from a stranger’s headphones. Then there are the songs we sing communally at religious ceremonies, royal events and with arms round each other at the end of parties. Without realising it, we are constantly digesting and regurgitating narratives, recalling history and finding our place in the world through words set to a melody. What Let the Song Hold Us wants to know is, what happens to us if the song is loosened from its usual confines – if its conventions are altered or the lyrics question identity instead of reaffirming it? Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind are two of the artists trying to find out, fusing Palestinian and European music practices to create an Arabic-language opera. Elsewhere, Korakrit Arunanondchai and Alex Gvojic create a narrative of both fact and fiction, while Rae-Yen Song’s choral echoes move from understanding into feeling. Continue reading... | | | | | Flushed with success: singing plumber signs Hollywood film deal | | by Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent Mar 31, 2022 | | Kev Crane, 50, who landed record contract after he was overheard singing at work, signs movie deal for rights to his story A plumber who landed a record contract after he was overheard singing at work has now signed a Hollywood movie deal for the rights to his story. Kev Crane, a 50-year-old plumber from Leicestershire, was fitting a bathroom for local record producer Paul Conneally in August last year when he started singing along to the radio. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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