Liz Thomson
Bio
Liz Thomson has maintained a dual career, chronicling the international publishing industry while also writing arts journalism for newspapers and magazines around the world. The author of a number of critical anthologies on music and popular culture, she is a frequent broadcaster and moderator at literary festivals. Liz is the co-founder of the folk music charity Square Roots Productions and, in New York, of The Village Trip, a festival celebrating the history and heritage of Greenwich Village. The Village Trip takes place this year from 26-29 September in venues in and around Washington Square Park. More information: www.TheVillageTrip.com
Articles By Liz Thomson
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Blu-ray: Buster Keaton: Three Films, Vol. 3
Every great artist can have an off day, and the brilliance of the best moments in Eureka’s latest collection of Buster Keaton features are good...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears"
Whether explicitly or indirectly, what’s written on a master tape box can tantalise. Revealing part of a picture creates a desire to want to know...
Heart's Delight, Opera Holland Park review - a classy h...
Nostalgia of all kinds played a part in this summer evening’s divertissement. Some audience members were probably remembering when operetta held a...
Perfect 10 review - a small movie with a big heart
We first see Leigh (Frankie Box), the cheeky heroine of Scottish...
Alex Halberstadt: Young Heroes of the Soviet Union review -...
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been a collective examination of its past, with Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich at...
Everything: The Real Thing Story, BBC Four review - brillian...
This documentary is bittersweet viewing on quite a number of levels. First, it’s got all the glory and tragedy of the most compelling music...
Album: Moscoman - Time Slips Away
After 2016’s A Shot in the Light, DJ, producer and Disco Halal labelrunner Chen Moscovici has leaned full-tilt into...
theartsdesk Q&A: Record label New Heavy Sounds
New Heavy Sounds is one of Britain’s most exciting and undersung labels. Founded in 2011, they have consistently released music that boasts...