Groupe / Damon Albarn - 6 years ago

The Good, the Bad & the Queen: Merrie Land review – almost-anthems for England’s dreaming

Damon Albarn’s eclectic supergroup confront national myths on an formidable album of Brexit-era Anglicana“This is not rhetoric, it comes from my heart,” sings Damon Albarn on the title track of this newest album by the Good, the Dangerous & the Q...

Groupe / Damon Albarn - 6 years ago

The Good, the Bad & the Queen: Merrie Land review – Damon Albarn's scattergun sketch of Britain

(Studio 13)In line with the official bumf accompanying the second album from Damon Albarn’s multigenerational supergroup, Merrie Land is “an attractive and hopeful paean to the England of at this time”. Drummer Tony Allen told the Guardian last week...

Groupe / Damon Albarn - 6 years ago

Mari Wilson: Neasden’s very own queen of soul | Brief letters

Laurence Binyon | Margaret Bondfield | Neasden | Damon Albarn’s attire | Standard Brexit informationStephen Grove (Letters, 12 November) says Laurence Binyon makes use of the phrase “contemn” in For the Fallen. I've inherited a 1939 edition of the Ox...

Groupe / Damon Albarn - 6 years ago

Let Woakes join Stokes and Foakes | Brief letters

Dropping two Johnsons | US-obsessed Brits | Laurence Binyon | Striker with sledgehammer | Damon Albarn’s donkey jacket | Chris WoakesTo slightly misquote Oscar Wilde, to lose one Johnson could also be considered a misfortune, to lose each seems to be...