Jazz FM announced the artists shortlisted for the 2019 Jazz FM awards this week. Guitarist Rob Luft, who released his album Riser in 2017 and features in Laura Jurd’s inventive 14-piece ensemble for her Stepping Back, Jumping In project, has…
It’s a scenario most diggers and second hand record collectors will be aware of: you’re…
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Swindle released his new album No More Normal with Brownswood Recordings last week. With…
Vocalist and songwriter José James announced a number of exciting projects in a buoyant message…
Jazz FM announced the artists shortlisted for the 2019 Jazz FM awards this week. Guitarist Rob Luft, who released his album Riser in 2017 and features in Laura Jurd’s inventive 14-piece ensemble for her Stepping Back, Jumping In project, has…
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…
As 2019 gets underway, we’re looking ahead expectantly to a great year of music that…
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…
