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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Andy McCluskey: Kicking Down Fascist Art with OMD

by Lawrence Peryer
September 14, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On Andy McCluskey, the singer, songwriter, musician, and producer best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (also known as OMD). Andy joined Spotlight On producer and guest host Michael Donaldson to discuss topics as varied as the political messages behind their latest work, post-modern ...

Article: Book Review

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion

by Ian Patterson
September 5, 2024

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion André Marmot 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-571-37448-9 Faber & Faber 2024 Anyone who has kept half an eye on the UK/London jazz scene since the turn of the century will likely be aware that jazz there has gone from being ...

Article: Live Review

Matana Roberts At Black Box

by Ian Patterson
September 4, 2024

Matana Roberts Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland August 28, 2024 Billed as “Matana Roberts + Guest," this Moving On Music gig turned out to be a solo performance by the Chicago-born, New York-based reeds player and sound experimentalist. No explanation was given as to why the “plus one" failed to show, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

David J: Unearthing Tracks from the Attic

by Lawrence Peryer
August 10, 2024

Today, the Spotlight shines On the musician and producer David John Haskins, better known to the world as David J (Official), bassist and co-founder of both post-punk goth band Bauhaus and, subsequently, Love and Rockets. As if having such a luminary visiting our podcast isn't enough, today's talk is guest-hosted by Spotlight On producer ...

Article: Play This!

Reuben Fowler: Too Minor

by Scott Lichtman
August 1, 2024

Here's a mystery: What happened to composer and big band leader prodigy Reuben Fowler? In 2012 to 2013, not yet much into his twenties, Fowler won 5-star ratings and numerous best-recording awards for his debut jazz orchestra recording, Between Shadows (Edition Records, 2013). Every song on the album is a highly satisfying listen, blending crisp arrangements, ...

News: Recording

Expat Kentuckian Myles Cochran Releases Jazz-Americana Double-LP Opus 'You Are Here'

July 29, 2024

Multi-instrumentalist/producer Myles Cochran releases his sprawling double-LP opus You Are Here today. The album was just praised by Uncut magazine for its “varying choice of instrumentation and mood goes a long way towards conjuring up vivid images in the listener's head," with Cochran hailed for “creating his own brand of ambient Americana." The track “Making Something ...

Article: Live Review

Madeleine Peyroux At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 23, 2024

Madeleine Peyroux Barbican Hall Let's WalkLondon July 21, 2024 In the early 1990s, still a teenager, US-born Madeleine Peyroux was a member of the Paris-based buskers The Lost Wandering Blues And Jazz Band led by the singer and raconteur Danny Fitzgerald. Peyroux cut her professional teeth travelling around Europe with ...

Article: Live Review

Whiplash In Concert At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 8, 2024

Multiquarium Big Band Barbican Hall Whiplash in ConcertLondon July 4, 2024 Studying at a music conservatoire can stifle an aspiring young jazz musician, and to inhabit for a moment the world of the Whiplash baddie Professor Terence Fletcher, there are times when one might wish it stifled more of ...

Article: Live Review

Arthur Verocai With Nu Civilisation Orchestra At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 2, 2024

Arthur Verocai with Nu Civilisation Orchestra Barbican Hall Arthur VerocaiLondon June 28, 2024 To begin where the evening ended, it surely must be that the phenomenal standing ovation which concluded Arthur Verocai's concert was the most tumultuous ever heard in Barbican Hall. It was loud enough literally to hurt the ...

Article: Live Review

Phil Robson Organ Trio At Flowerfield Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
July 2, 2024

Phil Robson Organ Trio Flowerfield Arts Centre Portstewart, N. Ireland June 29, 2024 Is there an ideal time to catch a band on tour? At the start, when the musicians are fresh and there is the excitement of material still being shaped, or at the end when there may be ...