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Album Review: Jonny Wickham – Terra Boa: Vibrant new jazz with a Brazilian heartbeat

Well you can’t say that Jonny Wickham’s first solo album lacks ambition. ‘Terra Boa‘, out now via Fresh Sound Records sees the jazz bassist and composer leading a sizeable band…

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Live Review: Love Supreme Festival – Glynde Place, East Sussex 30.06.2023

By Henry Groves I didn’t really know what to expect from Love Supreme festival. The lineup was packed full of phenomenal artists and bands, but it was also in the…

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Album Review: Emily Kuhn – Ghosts Of Us : Bouyant, melodic, refreshing jazz from the Chicago trumpeter.

Emily Kuhn’s new album ‘Ghosts of Us’, out now via the consistently impressive BACE Records, may have been written during the cloying pall of pandemic times but it represents an…

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Album Review: Scrimshire – Paroxysm : profound and passionate cinematic soul-jazz from the influential producer/composer.

Some music just has to happen and London producer/composer Adam Scrimshire’s latest, ‘Paroxysm’ (available now from Albert’s Favourites) falls into that exclusive clutch of necessary releases. Well established as a…

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Album Review : The Circling Sun – Spirits: The esteemed NZ jazz collective’s long-awaited debut more than delivers.

New Zealand spiritual jazz collective The Circling Sun have taken the long and winding road to releasing their first album ‘Spirits’ (available now on the ever-reliable Soundway Records). Drawn from…

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Album Review: Raz Ohara – Tyrants

The AlbumRaz started working on the album Tyrants in 2017 and mixed the finished version in 2021. The writing process began with listening to sketches and sound-files he had collected…

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Album Review: Elegua/Elegua : a long lost Latin Jazz treasure that resonates beyond its history.

After the ultra-hip Virgilio Armas re-issues last year Toronto crate curators extraordinaire We Are Busy Bodies are on the case again, excavating the rich seams of Latin-jazz heritage with an…

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Gallery and set-lists: Ne Obliviscaris / Persefone / Asymmetric Universe – The Grand Social, Dublin 16.05.2023

Australian progressive metal band Ne Obliviscaris from Melbourne playing Dublin’s The Grand Social with openers progressive death metal band Persefone from Andorra la Vella, Andorra and jazz/fusion progressive metal band Asymmetric…

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Album Review : Raffy Bushman – Silver Lines : a reviving reminder of the beauty of bop told with a new dynamic.

London based jazz pianist, composer and music educator Raffy Bushman has resumed his annual message to the listening public with the ‘Silver Lines’ EP, available through Bridge The Gap, and…

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Track: Respair – Hold On To Me

London based jazz-electronic quartet Respair have shared a brand new track ‘Hold On to Me’, taken from their upcoming EP ”The original colour of the sun’ due later this year.…

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