Jake Blount on his Afrofuturist folk climate eulogy: ‘What would music sound like when we’re dead?’ | Folk music

‘If we carry on as we are, denying individual and institutional responsibility for the environment, this dystopia will be our reality.’

When Florida security guard George Zimmerman was acquitted over his shooting of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, 18-year-old Jake Blount turned to the past to cope with his despair. “I wanted to know […]

Moonage Daydream review – glorious, shapeshifting eulogy to David Bowie | Cannes 2022

Let’s Dance … Brett Morgen dances as he arrives at the 75th edition of the Cannes film festival for the screening of Moonage Daydream.

Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream is an 140-minute shapeshifting epiphany-slash-freakout leading to the revelation that, yes, we’re lovers of David Bowie and that is that. It’s a glorious celebratory montage of archive material, live performance footage, […]