Outreach Festival 2022 (Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria. 4-6 August 2022. Festival report by Oliver Weindling) This year’s Outreach Festival, the thirtieth anniversary edition, in the town of Schwaz near Innsbruck, managed to bring […]
Inntöne Festival 2022 (Diersbach, Austria, 30 July-1 August 2022. Festival Report by Oliver Weindling) The Inntöne Festival has changed and adapted itself as a result of the pandemic, and in remarkable ways. […]
Stéphane Belmondo/Kirk Lightsey Quintet Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli (Tube’s, Graz (Austria). 10 March 2022 (Belmondo/Lightsey) and 11 March 2022 (Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli ). Live Reviews by Oliver Weindling) Tube’s is a new venue in Graz in the […]
Andreas Varady, Bandi Varady, Adrian Varady(Cafe Museum, Passau. 26 February 2022. Live Review by Oliver Weindling) Guitarist Andreas Varady, still just 26, is, through an exemplary technique and a focused attention to […]
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 5-7 August. Report by Oliver Weindling) Franz Hackl’s Outreach Festival, in Schwaz just outside Innsbruck, was able to recover much of its previous blend of summer school and […]
Tony Haynes, co-Founder of Grand Union Orchestra, has made a unique contribution to the music of this country. He is 80 today, 10 July 2021. We invited friends, colleagues and fans to […]
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 6-8 August 2020. Review and photos by Oliver Weindling) The Outreach Festival has now been going for 28 years. Taking place in Schwaz, just outside Innsbruck, a […]
INNtöne Jazzfestival (Inntöne, Diersbach, Austria 14-16 August 2020. Review by Oliver Weindling) The irrepressible Paul Zauner had to adapt his INNtöne Jazzfestival substantially to have it occur at all this year. […]
Jazz Connective (The Ark, Dublin. 11 and 12 December 2019. Report by Tony Dudley-Evans and Oliver Weindling) The Jazz Connective is a year-long, EU-funded project which brings together promoters and musicians from […]
Ethan Iverson, Joe Sanders, Jorge Rossy (Porgy & Bess Club, Vienna, 17 September 2019. Review by Oliver Weindling) This gig somehow seemed to reverberate with a city that spawned some of the […]
Hevhet Fest (Kosice, Slovakia. 18-19 August 2019. Round-up by Oliver Weindling) The music, the attitude, the commitment in evidence at this showcase/festival organised by the Slovak Hevhetia label were an inspiration. Over […]
