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Album Review : Bill Laurance & Michael League – ‘Keeping Company’ : Understated but stunning second album from the Snarky Puppy stalwarts.
And it all began in Leeds in the noughties. Bill Laurance newly graduated from the Uni and trying to earn his crust around the city’s music scene met Michael League, doing the same on his troubadour travels from the States. Gigging together in various jazz-soul leaning bands on the unforgiving northern circuit a friendship grew …
News: Experimental jazz musician Arooj Aftab UK/EU Tour In Support of New Album ‘Night Reign’
Arooj Aftab releases her new album, ‘Night Reign’, on Verve Records, with a visualizer for the project’s focus track, ‘Aey Nehin’. ‘Night Reign’ is the follow up to Aftab’s critically acclaimed label debut Vulture Prince. Anticipatory singles from the album include ‘Whiskey‘, released earlier this month, and ‘Raat Ki Rani‘, whose music video was directed by actress Tessa Thompson and garnered praise from NPR, Rolling Stone, The …
News: All Systems Go: SXSW Sydney 2024 Launches with Global Talent and Energy
SXSW Sydney 2024 Begins: A Celebration of Music, Ideas, and Innovation
Album Review: Eric Pan – ‘Travel Poems. Chapter 3. There is no path back.’: An inventive and intimate jazz journey.
It’s hard to pin down pianist and composer Eric Pan’s music, he is a troubadour and traveller both literally and creatively. Pulled towards jazz during his studies at the University of California, Santa Cuz, he’s been at the heart of New York’s vibrant grass roots scene for some time as well as building a strong …
Live Gallery: Herbie Hancock at the Sydney Opera House 11.10.2024
The Legend Lives On: Herbie Hancock’s Tour Reminds Us Why We Show Up
Album Review: Mieke Miami – Birdland (Edition DUR 19)
Mieke Miami is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer originally from Hamburg, but now based in the working-class, so-called “artist enclave” of Luckenwalde, in the state of Brandenburg, southwest of Berlin. Her musical origins lie in jazz saxophone, which she studied in the German capital before starting her journey as a songwriter in 2014. This year …
Live Review & Gallery: Hiatus Kaiyote Transform the Enmore into a Universe of Sound 20.09.2024
Hiatus Kaiyote at the Enmore: A Night of Transcendence and Connection
News: Colin Stetson Shares Video For Track ‘So Say The Soaring Bullbats’, New Album Out Now
Colin Stetson’s new solo album, ‘The Love It Took To Leave You’, is out now via Invada Records (Worldwide, excl. N America) and Envision Records (North America). An Instagram AR filter will be available that will add unsettling visual dimensions to the album cover. To mark the release, a new video has been shared for ‘So Say The Soaring …
Live Review: Love Supreme – Glynde Place, East Sussex 05.07.2024 – 07.07.2024
By Henry Groves My festival season has once again started at the truly incredible Love Supreme. Set in the Sussex countryside, this has possibly one of the most beautiful festival settings in the UK. With Glynde Place on one side, and views over the south downs on the other, you won’t find a better setting …
Track: Colin Stetson – The Six
Award-winning Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer Colin Stetson has shared a new track from his forthcoming album. ‘The Six’ follows on from the previous single and album title track ‘The Love It Took To Leave You‘. The new album is due out on the 13th of September via Invada Records (excl. N America) and Envision Records …