Music / JazzReview: Martin Speake/Ethan Iverson Quartet, St George’sThe piece’s boisterousness stood out in an evening that had mainly been so well-behavedRead more
Music / JazzThe week in Jazz April 23-29Seven days of hepcat action around Bristol’s jazz sceneRead more
Music / contemporary jazzReview: Bristol New Music Festival, Various Venueseveryone I passed smiled in the certain knowledge that we were all sharing something really uniqueRead more
Music / Bristol New MusicReview: Evan Parker – Trance Map, Bristol New Music, ArnolfiniIt was always possible to hear through the explicit music into other implicit hidden harmonicsRead more
Music / JazzReview: Nick Smart’s Black Eyed Dog, St George’sany doubts about the wisdom of embellishing Nick Drake’s original recordings had been quashedRead more
Music / cheltenham jazz festivalCheltenham Jazz fest springs into actionNew generation tyro Kamasi Washington is just one of the big names coming to this year's festivalRead more
Music / JazzThe week in Jazz April 16-22Seven days of hepcat action around Bristol’s jazz sceneRead more
Music / folkReview: John Parish – Remembered for a while, St George’s, BristolThree Hours was the cheekiest rewrite among generally faithful evocations of Nick Drake's originalRead more