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  Kendrick Lamar review, Mr Morale and the Big Steppers: A tender opus from the defining poet of his generation

  5/5 Rapper’s first album in five years is a haunting and surprising meditation on fatherhood and family

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  International Women’s Day: Jehnny Beth, Mahalia and more pay tribute to the women who inspire them

  ‘There are forces within women that have urged me to stay alive in a way that male artists never did’

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  Dummy at 25: How Portishead defined the Nineties while remaining completely mysterious

  There are many possible starting points for the story of Portishead and their debut album Dummy, which marks its 25th anniversary this week.You could begin with the teenage Geoff Barrow falling in love with hip-hop and sampling while attending youth club funk nights in rural Somerset in the Eighties.

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  In Japan we’d be heading for the ‘Era of Harmonious Sovereignty’

  My favourite word this week is gengo, which rolls agreeably off the tongue and sounds like a cross between a cute Spanish lizard and a novelty bar game you might play in a Clapham Common gastropub while drunk on a Sunday afternoon. In fact, gengo refers to the Japanese imperial era name, which changes periodically, either at a time of national renewal or the changing of the emperor. The gengo for the current age is Heisei (“achieving peace”).

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  Later... with Jools Holland: the 25 best performances

  Later... with Jools Holland: the 25 best performances

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