Loren Connors and Alan Licht (Cafe Oto. 6 May 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Fragile, magical, elusive – merest hints to describe avant guitarist Loren Connors’ mesmeric playing at Cafe […]
Loren Connors and Alan Licht 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 […]
Peter Urpeth and Evan Parker at Hundred Years Gallery
Peter Urpeth and Evan Parker (Hundred Years Gallery, 28 January 2023. Live Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Poet Peter Urpeth and saxophonist Evan Parker go back a long way, some 40 […]
Loré Lixenberg and Denis Dufour at Cafe Oto
Loré Lixenberg and Denis Dufour (Cafe Oto, 15 January 2023. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Free-thinking mezzo soprano Loré Lixenberg, champion of contemporary opera and experimental music, was the prime mover […]
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 […]
Sun Ra Arkestra at EartH
Sun Ra Arkestra (EartH, promoted by Cafe Oto, 15 May 2022; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) In its own understatedly riotous way, the Sun Ra Arkestra, led by the explosive, single-mindedness […]
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 […]
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 […]
Steve Beresford and Mandhira de Saram at Burley Fisher Books (BOTH AND exhibition)
Steve Beresford and Mandhira de Saram at BOTH AND exhibition, Burley Fisher Books, 24 November 2019. Report and drawings by Geoff Winston As part of our BOTH AND exhibition, and serendipitously coinciding […]
Art Ensemble of Chicago at the Barbican (2019 EFG LJF)
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Barbican, EFG London Jazz Festival, 23 November 2019. Review by Jon Turney; Drawings by Geoff Winston) Anyone who has heard the Art Ensemble of Chicago live during their […]
BOTH AND: Geoff Winston and Calum Storrie at Burley Fisher Books (to 24 Nov; now extended to Christmas)
Geoff Winston is co-exhibitor with Calum Storrie at Burley Fisher Books in Dalston. The exhibition is called BOTH AND and runs until 24 November 2019 (now extended to Christmas). Sebastian Scotney asked […]
Reich/Richter and Moor Mother’s The Great Bailout at the Barbican
Reich/Richter and Moor Mother’s The Great Bailout (Barbican complex, 23 October 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) This was a very busy evening at the Barbican with two must-see concerts of […]
Charles Lloyd’s Kindred Spirits at Ronnie Scott’s
Charles Lloyd’s Kindred Spirits (Ronnie Scott’s, 1 August 2019, first night, second house. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Charles Lloyd’s first appearance at Ronnie’s with a truly amazing group was a […]
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 […]
