Liner Notes
As listening trends move rapidly to the online interface, the knowing of music through the writing that accompanied ‘the album’ is, like the oral traditions that went before, a dying art. Ben Verghese recalls the poetry and consciousness that enlivened the musical arrangements of some the world’s greatest players Side A Liner notes, sleeve notes, […]
Undoing the Spell
by Ben Verghese. Many of the dominant narratives of the partition focus on events in 1947 – easy-to-caricature leaders, the two-nation theory and the birth of Pakistan. How then do we find ways to duly speak of one land mass being forcibly carved up; of the multiple peoples displaced; of the umpteen lives lost, and uncountable, […]
Sketches of ‘Trane
Atang Tshikare is a artist and illustrator based in Cape Town. Ben Verghese is a writer based between London and Cape Town. This is an excerpt from a review in Chronic Books, (December 2013 edition). To read in full, order in print or a PDF version from our online shop or visit your nearest dealer. [button link=”http://www.chimurenga.co.za/product-category/shop-items/the-chronic” color=”red”]Order […]