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 […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2021 (30 Sep – 3 Oct)
After last year’s enforced cancellation, the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music is back, and for London residents with an adventurous bent, it’s definitely worth the three-hour train journey to see […]
Tori Handsley – ‘As We Stand’
Tori Handsley – As We Stand (Cadillac Records. CD review by Graham Spry) After having learnt to play the harp at the age of six, Tori Handsley became disillusioned with her instrument because […]
Golden Age of Steam – ‘Tomato Brain’
Golden Age of Steam – Tomato Brain (NOISE Records LTNO 13. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The music of James Allsopp’s Golden Age of Steam has been described as ‘abstract electronica meets radical […]
Total Vibration (2020 EFG LJF)
Total Vibration (Green Note. 15 November 2020. Livestream from EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) This looks enticing. Familiar players in an unfamiliar combination: trumpeters Laura Jurd and Chris Batchelor, […]
A Jazz Musician’s Guide to the 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival
Last year, Sam Leak wrote a Jazz Musician’s Guide to the festival (link below) in which he played the role of ‘in-the-know’ tour guide, helping readers to navigate their way through the […]
Chris Montague – “Warmer than Blood”
Chris Montague – Warmer than Blood (Whirlwind WR4756. CD Review by Jon Turney) Guitarist Chris Montague’s first recording as leader is a very considered affair: the very opposite of a blowing session. He […]
Melt Yourself Down at the Lexington
Melt Yourself Down (Lexington, 17 July 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Melt Yourself Down’s eponymous 2014 debut album of abrasive party psych-punk launched them as the pioneers of a compelling new sound. […]
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