contemporary classical

• Music / folk

  Review: Eleven Magpies, El Rincon

  their impeccable unison playing had the precision of a classical string quartet

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• Music / free jazz

  Review: Bristol New Music Festival, Various Venues

  It was indeed a new music, from a better future we have to hope we all can share.

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• Music / improvised music

  Here comes the future …

  Bristol New Music Festival celebrates the experimental and the unexpected

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• Music / contemporary classical

  Review: Jow Album launch, El Rincon

  the limitations of just two instruments were stretched through tone, texture and musical imagination

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• Music / British jazz

  Review: A Celebration of Keith Tippett, Bristol Beacon Foyer & St George’s Hall

  Of course it could only scratch the surface of Keith Tippett’s enormous legacy

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• Music / Spoken Word

  Review: Comfort in Chaos/The Invisible Apples

  Difficult topics were bravely and beautifully confronted in words and music

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• Music / Jazz

  A Taste For Jazz – Harriet Riley

  The multi-talented multi-instrumentalist shares some of the tracks that have inspired her.

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• Music / ambient

  Review: A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Trinity Centre

  Ambient duo's gentle strings and synths hint at existential dread.

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