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Live From Birmingham: Hamid Drake, Paul Dunmall & The Phoenix Jazzmen

by Martin Longley
November 5, 2016

The Paul Dunmall & Hamid Drake Quintet mac October 4, 2016 This gig was part of a very short three-date tour, assembled by Birmingham promoter Tony Dudley-Evans. Saxophonist Paul Dunmall's free jazz and improvising eminence has now cloaked the entire globe, so his regular Stateside tours have helped forge relationships ...

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Live From Birmingham: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Erja Lyytinnen & The Impossible Gentlemen

by Martin Longley
November 2, 2016

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Hare & Hounds September 29, 2016 The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble don't struggle to cram the main upstairs room of the Hare & Hounds, as now-regular guests of its Leftfoot promoters. Although now dwelling in Brooklyn, the Hypnotics mostly grew up in Chicago, and seven of them are ...

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UNschooLED: Hymns for Robots

Read "Hymns for Robots" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
October 25, 2016

La più classica delle improvvisazioni senza rete è quanto ci consegna questo CD del giovane trio britannico UNschooLED, il cui denominatore comune è--appunto--una scuola di musica, nello specifico il Conservatorio di Birmingham, da cui i suoi tre membri provengono. Un approccio radical-minimale è quanto ci propone la prima delle sei parti su cui ...

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Live From Birmingham: The Manchester Camerata Orchestra, The Gloaming & Kirk Fletcher

by Martin Longley
October 9, 2016

The Godfather, with live accompaniment by The Manchester Camerata Orchestra Symphony Hall September 16, 2016 There seems to be a growing tendency for talkie screenings with live musical scoring. Back in the day, it was only silent movies that received the fleshly musician treatment. Current digital technology makes it easier ...

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Live From Birmingham: Eleanor Friedberger, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Weaves & Cavern Of Anti-Matter

by Martin Longley
September 29, 2016

Eleanor Friedberger Academy 3 September 6, 2016 She's on tour, all the way from upstate New York (economically hounded out of Brooklyn only recently), and surely slightly disappointed by the meagre turn-out in the Academy's smallest room. How many here? Perhaps somewhere between 20 and 30, but all looking like ...

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Birmingham Jazz Orchestra: Rough Boundaries

Read "Rough Boundaries" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 31, 2016

Rough Boundaries is the second album in the, to date, two-year history of the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra. A year on from debut album Burns--inspired by the poems of Scotland's own Robert Burns--the orchestra now looks away from the UK, to take inspiration from some of the great cities of Europe and North Africa. On ...

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Live From Birmingham: Partisans, Rascals Of Rhythm, Amok Amor, John McEntire & Schneider Kacirek

by Martin Longley
November 29, 2015

Partisans Wolverhampton Arena Theatre November 14, 2015 Partisans have now been playing together for two decades, in a completely unchanging four-piece configuration. Bonds have been formed, lines have intertwined, rapport greases repertoire negotiation, and comfort encourages greater risk-taking. The band made several comments about savouring the Arena Theatre's vibrations, ...

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Live From Bilston: Samantha Fish, Jah Wobble & The Magic Band

by Martin Longley
November 26, 2015

Samantha Fish/Laurence Jones The Robin R&B Club November 11, 2015 The blues has a youthful future, across both sides of the Atlantic. Singer and guitarist Laurence Jones is the latest upstart to stir the UK scene, possessing a very 1960s sensibility, as if he's a throwback to the scene ...

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Live From Birmingham: The Tubes, Youngblood Brass Band, Bill Bailey & Deerhoof

by Martin Longley
August 27, 2015

The Tubes The Robin R&B Club August 13, 2015 The Tubes are touring to celebrate four decades of existence. Always something of a cultish alternative, and quite possibly bringing the punters out in droves due to a certain nostalgic curiosity, this Bilston show was the last night of their ...

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Live From Coventry & Kings Heath: Trembling Bells, Willie Watson, Hailu Mergia & The Destroyers

by Martin Longley
August 19, 2015

Trembling Bells The Tin & The Kitchen Garden Café August 3 & 5, 2015 It's sometimes instructive, or even enjoyable, to catch a combo twice during their tour. Perhaps this might lead to what seems like a repeat showing, and on other occasions there is an insight into wildly ...