Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar and jazz bassist Dave Holland are amongst a host of prominent musicians who are to be honoured by London’s Royal Academy of Music, this July. The academy’s honorary memberships, fellowships, doctorates and associations recognise…
Manchester-based radio company Reform Radio celebrated World Radio Day yesterday by announcing their first ambassador….
Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington has released a new concert film, recorded live at…
The 62nd annual GRAMMY awards took place on Sunday night, with Angelique Kidjo, Gary Clark…
Welcome to the first instalment of our favourite albums of 2019! While such articles are ten a penny during the month of December, we hope to bring you one a little different to the others: free of numerical rank and…
The GRAMMY awards announced their 2020 nominees last week, shortly prior to the announcement of…
London-based rapper Barney Artist has put in the hard yards for his recent successes. His…
A revered outfit in the realm of jazz-funk, Brazilian trio Azymuth continue to play with…
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…
