Nyami Nyami Records — a Paris-based label specialising in music from Southern Africa – announced the reissue of New Tutenkhamen’s forgotten soul LP, I Wish You Were Here, this week. Recorded in the Zimbabwean city of Harare amidst the turbulence…
Musicians including Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Karriem Riggins, Roberta Gambarini and George…
As 2019 gets underway, we’re looking ahead expectantly to a great year of music that…
Welcome to the second instalment in a special Guide to the Week of Music, gathering…
Virginia-based five-piece Butcher Brown defy brief description, thanks to their masterly blend of musical styles and frightening adaptability. A shared appreciation for music originating either side of the Atlantic: contemporary jazz, afrobeat, hip-hop, funk and rock, has galvanized the group,…
As 2019 gets underway, we’re looking ahead expectantly to a great year of music that…
Welcome to the second instalment in a special Guide to the Week of Music, gathering…
Welcome to a special Guide to the Week of Music: the first instalment of a…
Intriguing, dedicated, elusive, resolute, scholarly, unpredictable, uncompromising. The accounts that have attempted to chronicle the storied life of trumpeter Dizzy Reece have painted the picture of an artist who is all of the aforementioned things. Yet not a one has been…
Nestled between countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, Greece is positioned at the crossroads of…
English traditional music is often associated with Romantic imaginaries of ‘green and pleasant lands’ and…
The traditional and popular music of Cuba is amongst the most widely known and enjoyed…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine and Omar at Band on the Wall, we caught up with bassist Vidal Montgomery to discuss his technique, and to get some tips for new musicians. Thumbnail photo:…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine and Omar at…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine and Omar at…
Ahead of his ‘Black Notes from the Deep’ performance with Courtney Pine at Band on…
