Artist Focus: Little Barrie
…the world, including personal invitations to support artists such as The Stone Roses, Charles Bradley, Dinosaur Jnr, Kasabian and Primal Scream. It’s safe to say Little Barrie have their admirers….
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On Sale: John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension (Gary Husband, Étienne M’bappé, Ranjit Barot) at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
…today’s world’s finest bass players, performing with Ray Charles, Salif Keita, Joe Zawinul and many others. John McLaughlin’s impressive personal narrative is much too long to be adequately presented in…
An interview with Tom Thorp of Mercury
…the best cities in the world at producing independent music. Right back to Charles Halle, there’s been an ambition and an attitude of “let’s make it happen” around music making….
Just announced: Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra Tour 2015
…the classic Cadet recordings of Dorothy Ashby and psychedelic soul arrangements of Charles Stepney (Rotary Connection, Minnie Ripperton, Terry Callier). Performing material from the new album alongside highlights from his back…
Mahavishnu Orchestra Founder John Mclaughlin brings the 4th Dimension to Manchester
…Étienne M’Bappé is one today’s world’s finest bass players, performing with Ray Charles, Salif Keita, Joe Zawinul and many others. John McLaughlin’s impressive personal narrative is much too long to…
Just announced: Harvey Mason Chameleon, 18th November.
…Ray Charles, Bjork, Carlos Santana, Michael Jackson, John Legend, Seal, and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has composed and written songs recorded by artists ranging from Nancy Wilson and Mary…
The Funky Knuckles have been listening to…
…my older brother Charles used playing it all the time when I was in high school. The band is composed of such an amazing group of musicians and singers, and…
Ten funky tunes from The Haggis Horns
…up NYE tickets while you still can! Funkadelic – (Not Just) Knee Deep “Ground breaking track with kick arse production. Also gives the DJ time for a piss!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_20BvG3H6DY Charles…
Just announced: Banned from Utopia, 2nd November.
…who opened Zappa’s door for three brothers before he went on to become Ray Charles’ last bass player for well over a decade… As Banned From Utopia, referring to Frank…
The Music of England
…working-class, as immortalised in the literary works of Charles Dickens and Friedrich Engels. Yet, this inequality did sow the seeds for the rise of radical socio-political movements (incl. the Chartists,…
The Music of Brazil: Samba and Cultural Expression
…Brazilian samba’, The Conversation, 2 July 2014, <www.theconversation.com>. Perrone, Charles and Christopher Dunn (eds.), Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2001). Reily, Suzel ‘Brazil: Central and…
Ireland: Enchantment and Folklore
…2010). Acton, Charles, Irish Music and Musicians (Dublin: Eason and Sons, 1978). Boland, Frederick, ‘Ireland’, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2017, <www.britannica.com>. Carolan, Nicholas, ‘Ireland’, Grove Music Online, 2017, <www.oxfordmusiconline.com>. Carson, Ciarán,…
An in-depth interview with The Magic Band’s John ‘Drumbo’ French
…to a lot of stuff that Don had albums of: Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd, John Coltrane of course… I listened to a lot of jazz back when we went to…
Just announced: Kenny Garrett Quintet, 14th April.
…Charles Mingus before his career really took off with the release of his first album, Introducing Kenny Garrett, in 1984. His music is very much open to outside influences and, as…
Just announced: The Blockheads, 10th July.
…the first Stiff Records tour of the UK, Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy, Charlie Charles, John Turnbull and Mick Gallagher became known as ‘The Blockheads’. In 1978, they released ‘What a…
‘Live from Band on the Wall’ – New fundraiser album featuring exclusive live tracks from Gregory Porter, Jazzanova, Dele Sosimi, Snarky Puppy and more
…Boom Klack 03 Dele Sosimi – Lady 04 Charles Bradley – I Believe in Your Love 05 Kirsty Almeida – Cool Down Rewind 06 Azymuth – Club Morocco 07 Snarky…