Ill-Considered (Liran Donin, Idris Rahman, Emre Ramazanoglu) (Kings Place Hall Two. 10 July 2021. Live review by AJ Dehany) I used to switch the lights off and listen to the Velvet Underground […]
Ill-Considered at Kings Place Hall Two
Emma-Jean Thackray – ‘Yellow’
Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow (Movementt. Album review by AJ Dehany) Mercury is the planet that is said to rule communication, and Mercury presides over trumpeter and composer Emma-Jean Thackray’s first full-length album Yellow […]
Capri-Batterie — ‘TANQ’
Capri-Batterie — TANQ (DPROMCD154. Album review by AJ Dehany) Over a century since Tristan Tzara stuck his mitt in a dictionary and pulled out the word Dada, the absurdist artistic movement originating […]
Jupiter Rising festival (Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, 28-29 August 2021)
AJ Dehany remembers the 2019 edition and looks forward to dipping a toe back in the water of music festivals: Styling itself as a Scottish Supernormal, the delayed third edition of the […]
Liam Noble (Saturday afternoon livestreams on Twitch TV)
Liam Noble’s fortnightly livestream on Twitch TV on Saturday afternoons from his home has been one of the joys of the lockdown, writes Tony Dudley-Evans. He picks a different theme each week, […]
Nishla Smith (Live at Barts Great Hall, 19 May 2021/ Announcing New Album on Whirlwind Recordings)
Nishla Smith is an Australian-born jazz singer. As a current City Music Foundation (CMF) artist, she will be performing in Bart’s Great Hall on 19 May as part of the CMF lunchtime […]
Tom Seminar Ford Lockdown Session – Livestream from Ronnie Scott’s
Tom Seminar Ford Livestream (Ronnie Scott’s Lockdown sessions. 11 January 2021. All Photos: Monika S.Jakubowska/Ronnie Scott’s. Words by AJ Dehany) Birmingham-raised, Berklee-trained guitarist Tom Seminar Ford played a delay-rich fusion sound […]
Radiohead – ‘Kid A’ / Rick Simpson – ‘Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited’
Rick Simpson – Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited (Whirlwind WR4765. Review-Essay by AJ Dehany) Part One: Radiohead Radiohead… National treasure and/or failed dance act, the groundbreaking Oxford group founded […]
Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh Announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards
Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh are announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards, for which Help Musicians have announced an increased level of support. Xhosa Cole, […]
Blueblut (Mark Holub, Pamelia Stickney, Chris Janka) – ‘Andenborstengürteltier’
Blueblut – Andenborstengürteltier (Plag Dich Nicht PDN 041. Vinyl, CD and digital. Review by AJ Dehany) The mischief, marvel and mirth of Mark Holub are the mainstay of every show he plays […]
2020 EFG London Jazz Festival – Reviews
LondonJazz News provides by far the most extensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Here is a list of the 2020 EFG LJF reviews completed so far by our writers. Most-reads so […]
REVIEW: Liane Carroll’s 606 Club Livestream (2020 EFG LJF)
Liane Carroll (606 Club Livestream. 18 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) “I started my career playing empty jazz clubs and it’s come full circle!” It’s a killer […]
Harold López-Nussa (2020 EFG LJF)
Harold López-Nussa — Te Lo Dije (Free stream on demand. EFG London Jazz Festival 2020. First broadcast 17 November. Review by AJ Dehany) Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa’s album Te Lo Dije (2020) […]
Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia at Sage Gateshead
Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia (Sage Gateshead livestream 14 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Polyhymnia is the Greek Muse of sacred poetry, hymn and dance, a deep thinker credited with inventing the lyre, […]
Review of Jazzfest Berlin 2020
Jazzfest Berlin was livestreamed from various venues across Berlin and New York, 5-8 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany: The 57th edition of Jazzfest Berlin was completely online via livestream and on […]
