Michael Hann

One of the few genuine British visionaries at work today: Richard Dawson at the Barbican reviewed

His music is often beautiful and fearsome in the same moment, as much like listening to the creaking timbers of a sailing ship as to a musician

Delicate, unsettling and gorgeous: Richard Dawson at the Barbican. Image: Mark Allan

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