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English rapper/spoken word artist Kate Tempest has changed their name to Kae Tempest, after coming out as non-binary and adopting they/them...
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ReviewsThe Last Poets Understand What Black Is Published May 16, 2018The world has changed in many ways since the Last Poets formed in the 1960s, but the battle for equality has yet to be won. Understand What...
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ReviewsNative North America Gathering Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 9 Published Feb 10, 2018The traveling Native North America Gathering — which celebrates the remarkable songwriting and storytelling collected on Light in the Attic'...
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ReviewsShane Koyczan Debris Published Sep 23, 2015It may be impossible to give a fair review of Shane Koyczan's Debris. It's so colossal, both in size and emotion heft, that it requires repe...
