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 ...

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

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 ...

Saxophonist/composer Timo Vollbrecht’s “Bremen New York” is a bold tightrope walk between the chamber-like elegance of ...

Some records you pull out to impress people, others you keep for yourself. “At The Deer Head Inn: The Complete Recordings” ...

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 ...

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My first mix for UK Vibe (#26: “You Go Your Way… and I’ll Go Mine”) very much expressed my passion for what I deem out-of-the-box, contemporary jazz compositions, and this mix is absolutely the ...

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 ...