Focus / Culture - 5 days ago

Firelei Báez review – bring on the furry ciguapas: magnetic visions of diaspora

South London GalleryThe Dominican Republic-born artist’s first UK solo show is a thrill, her works combining mythology, botany and female agency in beautifully realised imagery and installationThe first time I saw a Firelei Báez I felt as if I’d foun...

Focus / Culture - 4 months ago

Milkweed: Folklore 1979 review – tantalisingly strange folk vignettes

(Broadside Hacks)The duo’s third release clocks in at 10 minutes but packs in zithers, traditional pipes and a perennial feeling of dreadMilkweed is a hardy, flowering perennial, toxic to many species including humans. For a duo who make music that s...