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Hardboiled Blues: Rethinking the Music of Rory Gallagher
Read more: Hardboiled Blues: Rethinking the Music of Rory GallagherDr Lauren Alex O’Hagan explores the overlooked literary depth of Rory Gallagher’s lyrics, arguing for their place within a unique hardboiled blues tradition.

Baudelaire in strange places
What has a nineteenth-century French poet got to do with 1960s American electronica? The poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) published his controversial verse poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal in 1857, followed by his innovative prose poem works. His poetry has…