Nik Bärtsch’s RoninPhoto credit: Jonas Holthaus/ ECM Nik Bärtsch’s new album Awase (ECM) is the first with his Ronin group in six years, and Ronin’s first with a new bass player in a […]
Colin RileyPublicity picture Is it a suite? Is it a song cycle? Is it a spoken word project? Is it classical? Is it jazz? Is it electronica? AJ Dehany goes in search […]
John ColtranePublic Domain The BBC has made two tracks from John Coltrane Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album, broadcast on the Gilles Peterson Radio 6 show, available. They are by the […]
The Pablo Held TrioL-R: Pablo Held, Jonas Burgwinkel, Robert LandfermannPhoto courtesy of artribute.de Cologne-based pianist PABLO HELD’s long-standing trio, with ten albums to its name, is one of the groups at Edition […]
Scott Stroman directing the Singers’ Weekend in 2017Photo courtesy of GSMD London’s Guildhall School Of Music and Drama has been running one of the UK’s top summer schools for over 30 years, […]
Violinist Alicja Śmietana will be the focus of a special event in Polish Centenary Year at the POSK Theatre in Hammersmith on 29 June 2018. Sebastian interviewed her as she looks forward to […]
Loz Speyer’s Inner SpacePhoto Credit: Katie D Edwards There is experimentation galore from the new tour by LOZ SPEYER’s Inner Space, writes Martin Chilton. They are improvising new material and giving a […]
John GoldsbyPhoto credit: Julia Goldsby John Goldsby is many things: bass player, jazz writer, educator, and teacher. He has written a definitive book on jazz bass, The Jazz Bass Book: Technique and […]
Already established as an accomplished songwriter, vocalist and musician of considerable merit, KARSU’s latest show finds her skipping through the vaults of Atlantic Records and paying homage to Ahmet Ertegün, the founder […]
Dave Wickins Drummer Dave Wickins was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, affecting his ability to work. With a swift demonstration of esprit de corps, a benefit has been organised(+), to be held […]
