Belgium-based multimedia artist Baloji has won the Principal Prize at the Oberhausen short film Festival for his fifteen-minute musical epic, ZOMBIES. Describes as ‘a journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa,’ it contains music from his well-received project Kaniama:…
Michael League, the bassist, composer and leader of world-renowned outfit Snarky Puppy, appearded on NPR’s…
Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock for the last six months, you’ve likely heard…
Mississippi bluesman Cedric Burnside made an appearance on Jools Holland’s BBC Radio 2 show earlier this week, performing…
Drummer and composer Magnus Öström made his name with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio— his expressive playing the perfect complement to the late pianist’s technicolour soundscapes and to Dan Berglund’s inventive string bass work. RYMDEN represents his return to the trio dynamic, with…
The Tenderlonious-led, London-based outfit Ruby Rushton has gradually evolved in size and sound, since its first…
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…
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…
