It's Our Generations

Bruce Lindsay

CD/DVD Reviewer since 2008

Bruce is the author of the blog Delicious Hot Disgusting Cold, and the photoseries "It's Not How It Sounds".

Recent articles (505 total)

Published: October 17, 2011

Hopefully the experiment will reach fruition soon. Certainly, Bowman's enthusiasm and experience suggest it has a strong chance of success—he also runs workshops at The Stables, where he has already persuaded saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch Soweto Kinch

lyricist to meet workshop participants before his own performance at the venue.

Like the NYJC, with which Bowman is in contact, Notivate's work depends on grants and donations from a variety of groups, organizations and individuals. These are not profit-making activities, but their potential social capital is huge.

What's Wrong With The British Jazz Scene This Month?

Well, yet again, the "token jazz album" didn't win the Mercury Music Prize. But no-one really expected that it would, despite the undoubtable talents of pianist Gwilym Simcock Gwilym Simcock
b.1981
piano , whose Good Days At Schloss Elmau (ACT Music, 2011) was this year's jazz nominee. At least jazz albums still routinely get nominated for the award—it's been some years since a classical music album made it through, and the dear old Heavy Metal scene has never managed to get one of its own recordings into the final twelve.