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The Guardian
Festivals guide 2012 listings: day festivals
The Guardian
... Eagulls, Off Love How much From £15 When 3 June Where Victoria Park, London What Family-friendly village fete-type festival with cabaret, comedy and magic Who Adam Ant, Beth Jeans Houghton, Billy Bragg, Inner City, Scritti Politti How much £35, ...


 
Guns N' Roses, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Sharon Van Etten, Komedia, Brighton
The Independent
Critic's Choice The second Apple Cart Festival brings Noah & The Whale, Scritti Politti, Adam Ant, Billy Bragg, Rich Hall and Kid Creole to Victoria Park, London (Sun). Meanwhile, the South Downs will reverberate to Lamb, Speech Debelle, ...


 
The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny, Barbican, London
Financial Times
Green Gartside's brittle agit-pop from Scritti Politti might have seemed a remove too far, but his magpie flutter of a voice lit up “Stranger To Himself”. Last up was PP Arnold, essaying “I'm A Dreamer”. Twice she sang the opening line – “You make me ...

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Holy Moly!
Green Gartside talks about his love for Sandy Denny
Holy Moly!
In addition to the albums, which include a never-before-released concert recording, a tour commemorating her songwriting legacy takes to the road, featuring the likes of Scritti Politti's Green Gartside, Joan As Policewoman, soul legend PP Arnold, ...


 
The Arts Desk
The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny, Brighton Dome
The Arts Desk
“North Star Grassman and the Ravens” falls to Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, a talented man whose rather mewling vocal is singularly ill suited to singing anything other than Scritti Politti. (It was at the Brighton Festival two years ago that we ...

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Review: Sandy Denny Tribute - 'The Lady', Royal Concert Hall, by David Belbin
This is Nottingham
Scritti Politti's Green Gartside gave us a choice three songs, including a great The North Star Grassman. The best solo number of the show, though, was Joan As Policewoman's unique take on No More Sad Refrains. Alone at the piano, in a dress rather ...

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North Atlantic Oscillation - Fog Electric
RTE.ie
... twists and turns from song to song and throws in Eighties-recalling vocals and keyboards to add to the allure. Should a Scritti Politti and Mogwai co-headlining tour ever materialise, they need look no further for the perfect opening act.