Music for the soul

Maori music provides “one of the most moving sections” on the Grammy-nominated global project, One Giant Leap. Fronted by ex-Faithless member Jamie Catto, the groundbreaking production brings together artists including Dennis Hopper, Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Franti, Baaba Maal, and Robbie Williams in a celebration of “creative diversity.” The track provided by Maori singer Whiri Mako Black – Tamakoru – is overlaid with images of prayer from around the world.


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Pirate Comedy Deserves Another Season

Pirate Comedy Deserves Another Season

Cancelled after two season, Taika Waititi’s “silly comedy” Our Flag Means Death “deserves one more voyage”, according to Radio Times critic George White. “ was meant to be sacred…