Bruce Lindsay – Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox Books. 254 pp. £25. Book Review by Rob Adams) Ivor Cutler was a singular talent. He was an author, poet, […]
Bruce Lindsay – ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room’
John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’
John Escreet – Seismic Shift (Whirlwind Recordings WR4793. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist John Escreet was born in Doncaster, moved to New York in his early 20s and then decamped to Los […]
Paul Jones (new album ‘The Blues’)
The blues have been a central part of Paul Jones’s life for sixty years. The singer, actor, harmonicist, radio personality and television presenter was 80 in February. He presented his final BBC […]
Paul Jones – ‘The Blues’
Paul Jones – The Blues (Umbrella Music PJBROLLYLP1 – Review by Bruce Lindsay) What does a musician, singer and songwriter with a recording career that’s almost 60 years long do when a […]
Espen Eriksen Trio (UK tour dates in October and November)
The Espen Eriksen Trio – pianist Eriksen, bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye – have been together for fifteen years and recently released their first live album, “In the Mountains”. […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – ‘Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt’
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars – Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt (Ubuntu Music UBU0113CD. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) In tribute to composer, musician and arranger Tadd Dameron, “Dameronia” has been adopted as a […]
Rosie Frater-Taylor at the Dome Stage, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
Rosie Frater-Taylor (Dome Stage, Snape Maltings, 12 August 2022. Part of Summer at Snape. Review by Bruce Lindsay) There’s a welcome early-evening breeze blowing across the River Alde, cooling audience and performers […]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas in Norwich
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival. 24 May 2022 . Live Review by Bruce Lindsay) The Norfolk and Norwich Festival billed this late-night concert […]
