Vula Viel, Dhafer Youssef And Cassie Kinoshi Among The Myriad Jazz Wonders At WOMAD
- Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Reporting back from this year's edition of the international arts festival
Live Reviews
Steam Down, GoGo Penguin and Ezra Collective Light Up Larmer Tree Festival
- Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Taking place in lush Victorian ‘pleasure gardens’ a half-hour drive from Salisbury, Larmer Tree Festival is a far cry from the urban localities associated with many of the jazz acts on the line-up.
Cawley’s Catenaccio Kick Into Gear At London's Spice Of Life
- Thursday, July 25, 2019
Across two fast-moving sets, Cawley, Lockrane, singer Fini Bearman, bass-guitarist Conor Chaplin (creditably depping for Robin Mullarkey) and drummer Chris Higginbottom breezed through the music from the band’s eponymously-titled May release
Gadd grooves and Magma mesmerise at 59th Jazz-à-Juan
- Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Steve Gadd reeled out an impeccable set in front of an appreciative audience for the first main concert at the Pinède Gould in Juan-les-Pins of the 59th Jazz-à-Juan Festival
New Irish Jazz Orchestra Dish Up Dynamic Precision With Martin Hayes At Cork School of Music
- Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Melt Yourself Down mosh-it-up at Lexington
- Wednesday, July 24, 2019
On stage the band made adroit use of effects, with octave pedals and heaps of reverb on the saxophones creating layers upon jarring layers
Mitchener and Yarde make moves with Jeanne Lee’s legacy at Kings Place
- Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The Venus Unwrapped season at Kings Place has been shining ‘a new light on music by women’ since the beginning of the year, and this concert draws a significant figure out of the darkness.
Charlie Stacey Stirs Daniel Harding Quartet To Great Heights
- Monday, June 17, 2019
Rumours of a rift in the UK jazz scene between the much-touted new scene of irreverent South London groovers and the faithful acolytes of the tradition don’t seem to have much credence here in the Verdict tonight as a mixed crowd of young aficionados and well-travelled elder hipsters fill every seat in the Brighton club.
Ibrahim And Helbock Impress At Austria's INNtöne
- Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Paul Zauner is a softly spoken man with piercing blue eyes and a welcoming aura that immediately puts you at your ease.