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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – ‘Heol Las’: re-imagining bygone songs through a unique folktronica gaze.

Over the last few years producer and multi-instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s solo releases has traced his deepening fascination in the music of his home-land, Wales. In 2020 the ‘Tresilian Bay’…

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EP Review: Tomorrow Comes The Harvest – The Happening

“The Happening” by Tomorrow Comes The Harvest is the least case, a provocative confrontation. It’s a challenge or dare to the idea that music can be useful if we are…

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Album Review: Emma Rawicz –‘Inkyra’: Bold, widescreen, dynamic jazz from the irrepressible saxophonist and her explosive band.

You could say prestigious young saxophonist Emma Rawicz is on a roll right now. Just a few months ago she was turning jazz-heads with her exquisite and sumptuous ‘Big Visit’,…

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Live Review & Gallery: The Sydney Opera House Welcomes Gregory Porter – 20.10.25, Eora Land/Sydney

The Sydney Opera House welcomed one of jazz’s most distinctive voices this week as Gregory Porter took to the stage, delivering a performance that showcased exactly why he is one…

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Live Gallery: Kamasi Washington’s Jazz Odyssey Shakes the Walls of Sydney’s Carriageworks 8.06.2025

Beneath the towering beams of Redfern’s old railway workshop, Kamasi Washington brings the spirit of LA to Sydney.

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Live Gallery: Clown Core Hit Sydney: Nevada’s Weirdest Export Brings the Mayhem to the Metro Theatre 5.06.2025

You haven’t lived until you’ve screamed along to jazz-metal in a room full of clowns.

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Live Gallery: Ezra Collective Light Up the Opera House From All Sides for Vivid LIVE – Eora Land/Sydney, 31.05.25

One moment the Concert Hall was full of chatter, the next it was all brass and a single giant spotlight – Ezra Collective had arrived to perform their Vivid LIVE…

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Track: Amanda Whiting – What Is It We Need; (Feat, Alice Russell) elegant, unhurried soul

With What Is It We Need, Amanda Whiting offers a moment of true elegance—an unhurried, soul-steeped piece that moves with the grace of a slow, stately dance. It’s a track that’s…

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Album Review: Emma-Jean Thackray – Weirdo; Grief grooves with funk-fueled resilience.

Emma-Jean Thackray’s new album Weirdo is a bold, technicolour triumph — deeply personal, fiercely original, and bursting at the seams with groove-laden jazz funk. Self-produced, self-performed, and self-mixed in the…

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Album Review: Manuel Pasquinelli – ‘Heartbeat Drumming/ Bellmund Session’: Beyond an experiment, a jazz-rock drummer’s statement from the heart.

And now for something (well almost) completely different- Bern based jazz rock drummer Manuel Pasquinelli is venturing into the world of bio-music on his new album ‘Heartbeat Drumming’. Of course…

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