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Michael Jackson Sequin-ized

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Nick Soulsby / 30 April 2026

The world conjured by Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson movie is an emotionally flattened realm of veneration and idolisation that would make even Stalin blush.

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The Spoils of War

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Johan Nayar’s Malawian Musical Odyssey with ‘The Banjo Boys’

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Built with an Old Hammer: Dale Watson’s Honky-Tonk Truth

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Brian D’ Ambrosio / 28 April 2026
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of April 2026

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