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CD Review: maTrigal, Between Homes

I first found out about this band, and this recording when drummer Max Schwarz wrote to introduce himself and the trio, telling me “We believe that our upcoming release may...

Jazz North announces New Northern Bursary Scheme

Jazz North has announced the latest round of New Northern, its promoter bursary scheme supporting live emerging talent across the north of England, and for the first time this...

New Release Friday Playlist Add’s

Friday again, and the new releases have dropped. Our New Jazz Releases Spotify playlist is updated each week with the tracks that have genuinely caught our attention — the ones...

Eko Roosevelt: The Real Thing

I wasn’t sure what to expect when the Delirious Ears promo landed in my inbox. A reissue of two 1981 recordings by a Cameroonian artist I’ll admit I knew only by name...

CD Review: Evening Sky, Meeting of the Four

I’ve been listening to a lot of records lately that sit well outside any strict definition of jazz, and I have several more of these coming up for review in the weeks ahead....

Kilian Sladek announces new album Colorblind

Munich vocalist and composer Kilian Sladek releases “Gravity”, the next featured-guest single from his forthcoming album Colorblind today. The track features...

New Release Friday

Once again it’s Friday and that means the new releases have dropped. Our New Jazz Releases Spotify playlist is updated each Friday with the tracks that have genuinely...

CD Review: Slaven Ljujic Super Group, Hope Molecules

Montenegrin drummer Slaven Ljujic announces himself as a bandleader of real substance with this high-energy fusion debut. Recorded in a single April session at DomArt Studio in...

One Record. A Thousand Stories. William Ellis & The One LP Project in Glasgow

William Ellis’s One LP Project is less an exhibition of photographs than a gallery of LP selves — each one revealed through the record a person cannot live without. The...

Donny McCaslin to headline Polygon Portal’s immersive London launch

London’s newest listening room is putting jazz at the centre of its debut programme. Polygon Portal, a dedicated 360° spatial audio space in Soho, will host Donny McCaslin and...

CD Review: Ntjam Rosie, Ntjam Rosie

Nine albums in, Ntjam Rosie knows exactly who she is as an artist — and this record reflects that. Her self-titled album draws directly from her faith, her identity, her...