Sons of Kemet (Leith Theatre, 14 August 2022. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Back in June, Sons of Kemet announced that, after more than ten years and […]
Sons of Kemet – Black to The Future (Impulse Records. Album review by Graham Spry) Shabaka Hutchings stays true to the traditional practise of artists on Impulse Records, such as Charles Mingus, […]
Sons of Kemet XL Photo credit: Christian Bertrand Primavera Sound 2019 (30 May-1 June, Barcelona. Festival Round-Up by AJ Dehany) Primavera Sound festival is as sprawling and eclectic as ever in its […]
Sons Of KemetPhoto: © Pierrick Guidou Peter Bacon reports: Sons Of Kemet, the quartet led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, with Theon Cross on tuba, and drummers Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick, is […]
Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile(Impulse! SKU: 100568 CD review by Dan Bergsagel) It’s increasingly rare that music tackles politics at all, let alone tackles politics well. It’s even rarer for […]
Sons Of Kemet On the 29th October 2014, Sons Of Kemet will take to the stage at XOYO for a special London show in amongst their busy European touring schedule. Michael Underwood […]
Congratulations Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Tom Skinner, Seb Rochford) on winning the Jazz award at the 18th MOBOs on Saturday night. The other nominees were Courtney Pine, Soweto Kinch, […]
Sons of Kemet – Burn(Naim naimcd195. CD Review by Chris Parker) With a name referring to the hieroglyph associated with the designation of Ancient Egypt and a line-up comprising reeds (Shabaka Hutchings), […]
John Pope Quintet – Live Album Recording (Star & Shadow Cinema, Tyneside – 17-18 April 2023- John Pope, Faye MacCalman, Graham Hardy, Jamie Stockbridge, Johnny Hunter. Live review by AJ Dehany) John […]
Tom Skinner – Voices of Bishara (Brownswood Recordings BWOOD0257CD. Album review by Graham Spry) Drummer Tom Skinner has been a significant force in British jazz for over a decade. He first came […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2022 (Sunday 2 October. Day 4 Report by AJ Dehany) If you’re in Newcastle on a Sunday, you need to be at the Globe on […]
Shabaka – Afrikan Culture (Impulse Records – digital release only. Review by Graham Spry) Whereas Shabaka (Shabaka Hutchings) has been called the “young forefather” and the “figurehead” of a whole generation of […]
Sebastian attended the awards ceremony for the Deutscher Jazzpreis 2022 at the Metropol-Theater in Bremen, on the eve of jazzahead! 2022. We list the winners in all categories ( the full list […]
A quick inspection of the 2022 Proms schedule just released reveals (so far*) just two jazz-related events: 28 August. The South African Jazz Songbook (LINK) “Celebrated South African trumpeter, conductor and SAMA […]
Chelsea Carmichael – The River Doesn’t Like Strangers (Native Rebel Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) Over the last few years since graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire, the Manchester-born and London-based tenor […]
