As was reported in various publications this week, the $280 million renovation of Chicago’s Red Line 95th Street Station, has placed DJ’ing and music of black origin firmly at its heart. Thanks to Theaster Gates’ installation, An Extended Song of Our…
The late jazz trumpeter and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela was remembered worldwide yesterday, on what would’ve…
Welcome to the Guide to the Week of Music, a round-up of music news, media…
The story behind Merry Airbrakes, the eponymous 1973 album by a group under the leadership…
The Tenderlonious-led, London-based outfit Ruby Rushton has gradually evolved in size and sound, since its first incarnation released the Two for JoyLP in 2015. At the time, they were a quartet with Yussef Dayes in the drum stool. With their new record…
Courtesy of his work with the Grammy Award-winning outfit Snarky Puppy, his four albums as…
As multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader Michael League has developed his craft, an informed political voice has…
Virginia-based five-piece Butcher Brown defy brief description, thanks to their masterly blend of musical styles…
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…
