When Nils Petter Molvaer first released “Khmer” back in 1997, it was something of a seismic event: a brooding, atmospheric ...

The debut self-titled album by Arid Landscapes, a duo formed of Toronto-trained guitarist Dan Pitt and Vancouver-based ...

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.” Incredibly perceptive words attributed to author Rasheed Ogunlaru that for some reason have ...

So what happens if you take 80s electro-pop and mix it with traditional Nordic folk music? This album is what happens – ...

Some records you pull out to impress people, others you keep for yourself. “At The Deer Head Inn: The Complete Recordings” manages to be both: a shining showcase of one of jazz’s greatest pianists, ...

Saxophonist/composer Timo Vollbrecht’s “Bremen New York” is a bold tightrope walk between the chamber-like elegance of small-group jazz and the kinetic breadth of larger ensemble dynamics. Recorded ...

By sheer and genuine coincidence, the day prior to being allocated Misha Panfilov Septet’s ‘Live In Stockholm and Tallinn’ ...

Way back around 1978 saxophonist Barbara Thompson was the first guest of the newly formed Birmingham Jazz Society, an institution that is still going strong today. I was at that first gig and it was ...

There’s a certain calm confidence that radiates from “The Eternal Now”, the latest offering from multi-instrumentalist Chip ...

In the early 1970s, London’s jazz scene thrived as a hotbed of innovation and collaboration, with venues such as the 100 Club on Oxford Street, the Swan at Stockwell, and Greenwich Theatre regularly ...

Guitarist Inbar Fridman’s latest quartet outing, Mercy, feels like a soothing voyage through refined, lyrical jazz – smooth, assured, and quietly compelling. It’s her fourth record as leader, and it ...

Norwegian pianist Liv Andrea Hauge strikes me as a uniquely gifted pianist who takes the listener on a deft guide through liminal realms. Her trio’s latest, “Døgnville”feels like a nocturnal dream ...