Decoy with Joe McPhee (Cafe Oto. 21 July 2023, 3rd night of 4. Live review, drawing and photo by Geoff Winston) “We’re going to do our best to make the biggest mess […]
Decoy with Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto
Peter Brötzmann, Jason Adasiewicz, John Edwards, Steve Noble at Cafe OTO
Peter Brötzmann, Jason Adasiewicz, John Edwards, Steve Noble(Cafe OTO, 2-day residency 10-11 February 2023. Live review and drawings by Geoff Winston) After humbly letting the Cafe OTO audience know that “It’s a […]
Valentina Magaletti residency at Cafe Oto
Valentina Magaletti residency (Cafe Oto, 12-14 December 2022; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) The first and final nights I attended of percussionist Valentina Magaletti’s landmark three-night residency at Cafe Oto, which […]
Loré Lixenberg: Conlon Nancarrow at Cafe Oto
Loré Lixenberg performs Conlon Nancarrow (Cafe Oto, 10 January 2022. Live review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Mezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg’s vocal interpretation of the works for player-piano of American composer Conlon Nancarrow […]
Vula Viel/ Bex Burch (Tour Dates 14-20 Oct)
Bex Burch’s trio Vula Viel, with Jim Hart on drums and Ruth Goller on bass are shortly setting off on tour, starting in Brighton on 14 October, with subsequent gigs in Poole, at […]
‘Ongemang – Exploring the Spaces in Between’ – (Cafe OTO / Spitalfields Festival, 8 July)
Sebastian looks forward to Ongemang – Exploring the Spaces in Between. This is a premiere performance at Cafe OTO on 8 July, with Kit Downes, Lauren Kinsella and Tom Challenger, and is […]
Calum Storrie / Steve Beresford – ‘Nine Day Score’
Calum Storrie / Steve Beresford – Nine Day Score Cafe Oto /TakuRoku. Download. Album review by Geoff Winston) It can be challenging to figure out the relationship between a graphic score and […]
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – “What We Said When We Met”
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – What We Said When We Met (Café Oto Records Otoroku TR069. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This new duo album by tenor saxophonist Rachel Musson and vibraphone […]
Reflections on unlocking live music by Tony Dudley-Evans
Tony Dudley-Evans writes Lockdown has given me the opportunity to relax, to think. And – I’ll admit it – I have enjoyed that… …and I have been enjoying live streamed events such […]
Steve Beresford / Thurston Moore duo at Cafe OTO
Steve Beresford / Thurston Moore duo (Cafe OTO. 16 March 2020. Review and drawing by Geoff Winston) Cafe OTO embarked on an ambitious fundraising campaign with five concerts on consecutive nights, opened […]
Anthony Braxton at Cafe Oto
Anthony Braxton (Cafe Oto, 21 January 2020. Third and final night of residency. Review by Gail Tasker. Drawing by Geoff Winston) Tuesday evening at the Cafe Oto was a clear reminder, if […]
Evan Parker with Birds at Cafe Oto
Evan Parker with Birds (Evan Parker, John Coxon, Ashley Wales, Mark Sanders) (Cafe Oto, 26 July 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Evan Parker with Birds: For Steve Lacy is a […]
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins ( Café Oto, 8 July 2019. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Joshua Abram’s Natural Information Society are playing two nights at Café Oto with special guests […]
Thurston Moore Ensemble at Cafe Oto
Thurston Moore Ensemble (Cafe Oto, 13 June 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Thurston Moore treads an intriguing tightrope, balancing carefully measured, choreographed steps with an immersive intensity that threatens to […]
