…bands like Gentle Giant or Happy the Man, the second a gentler composition, with Öström’s brushes a motif for his gliding across a misty lake in the accompanying video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfviRdyWIW4…
…and film screenings; and digital displays with short films celebrating the history of the Northern Quarter and its communities. There will also be a programme of events for the community,…
…his website. What did arranging the complete compositions of Thelonious Monk for solo guitar teach you about the compositions and the man behind them? Did you uncover any compositional tendencies,…
…composer, Abdou El Omari You’re soon to release a compilation of Egyptian music from the ‘60s. What can you tell us about the music featured and your adventures tracking it…
…favourite tracks – such a vibe about it. That piano melody is just killer, and those horns when they come in – the whole thing gives me goosebumps. Weirdly I…
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6Udvj2Y5A Steeleye Span – Boys of Bedlam Carthy joined Steeleye Span for their second album Please To See The King, a stylistic departure from their debut album with no drums…
…Forthcoming commission Electronic Empires: Shapes, Sounds and Signs of things to come, looks set to be #NewNorthSouth’s most ambitious and immersive celebration of shared musical heritage so far. Representing a…
…for about 10 minutes! I can’t wait for this album to come out, for people to hear it on record and at the shows, and I can’t wait to come…
…composer and lifelong music fan. Manning has been creating instruments independently for over twenty-five years and his passion—as well as the commissions he receives—have challenged him to take his craft…
…TICKETS Raised in the South London, pianist/composer Ashley Henry draws his unique inspiration from a vast landscape of sounds, infusing the likes of Skepta; Sinead Harnett, Digital Underground & ZuZu,…
…authenticity. Tour support comes from Andrew Combs. Andrew Combs is a songwriter, guitarist and singer who lives in Nashville. His music is equal parts rough-and-tumble 1960s Chicago blues, Planet Waves-era Dylan and vintage Nashville…
…Communications Assistant will support the Head of Marketing and Communications in the promotion of events – both at the Band on the Wall venue and at external venues – implementing…
…Greater Manchester. What are your thoughts on the importance of a creative community, collaboration and reciprocal support amongst creatives? HMD: ‘The creative community has its ups and downs and it…
Ahead of four northern dates with the Inner City Ensemble, jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader Chris Potter has announced seven new compositions to be premièred at shows in Manchester, Warrington,…
…Africa’, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2016, <www.britannica.com>. Rycroft, David et al., ‘South Africa’, Grove Music Online, 2009, <www.oxfordmusiconline.com>. Schumann, Anne, ‘The Beat that Beat Apartheid: The Role of Music in Reseistance…
…of the texts of social awareness that have come since. These are the big marks of this music. The poetry also comes from my mother and the streets of São…