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The Matthew Herbert Brexit Big Band: The State Between Us review – spacious political elegy | Musique Non Stop

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Friday, March 29, 2019

The Matthew Herbert Brexit Big Band: The State Between Us review – spacious political elegy

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The Matthew Herbert Big Band are attempting something that so far seems beyond our politicians: “To work out what a new kind of relationship with our European neighbours may look like.” This BPI-funded project has taken Herbert to Syria, China and Russia and has provided work for more than 1,000 musicians from across the European Union. It’s certainly a very big Band, although the project has perhaps lost some impact by no longer coinciding with the now-delayed Brexit. Still, as the wheels of democracy grind, The State Between Us certainly offers space for reflection.

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