Sup The Elysian Spring
Conor Herbert Conor Herbert

Sup The Elysian Spring

In the late ‘60s, a sleepy college town in Western Massachusetts was home to a smalltime jazz quintet. All these years later, they’re connecting with audiences far beyond their once-limited horizons.

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Marxman: Straight Shooters
Conor Herbert Conor Herbert

Marxman: Straight Shooters

In the early ‘90s, as hip hop blazed new trails through Europe, a little-known Irish troupe put a new spin on the emerging form. Enter Marxman: socialist Irish republicans and renegade emcees.

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The St. Ides of March
Conor Herbert Conor Herbert

The St. Ides of March

Hip-hop – like the nation from which it emerged – has long grappled with the push-and-pull of drug use, and while that’s recently meant pot, lean, molly and percs, it’s easy to forget about the moves that the alcohol industry made to capitalise on the culture.

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