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Vampire Weekend Return with Two New Tracks

After almost six years Vampire Weekend have finally made their long awaited comeback, dropping two new tracks from upcoming album ‘Father of The Bride’.  The two new tracks show the band going in slight change of direction musically but still maintaining that happy go lucky innocence and charm the band have always worn on their sleeve. The first track, Harmony Hall is a fun bouncy and happy song, the chorus is big catchy and sits atop a soulful Primal Scream sounding piano. As the song builds into a huge feel good ending you’re suddenly reminded of everything that made you

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A telephone conversation with music poet Anthony Joseph

Born in Port of Spain and raised by his grandparents, Anthony Joseph arrived in London in 1989 with a single suitcase. He has since become one of the most fascinating black authors of his generation, writing and performing poetry alongside recording with his band The Spasm Band, a mesmerising mix of deep funk, jazz, rock, and Afrobeat, a sort of Hendrix meets Zephaniah, Marley and Sly Stone. He has published four volumes of poetry and a novel, and is currently working towards a doctorate. He recently completed a biography of Lord Kitchener, an icon of 20th century Trinidadian calypso, soon to be