There’s a strange contradiction in the weight of these vinyl albums, and the lightness of their conception. Lovingly pressed in 180 gram vinyl with the original liner notes, these are shrink-wrapped time capsules. And yet each of these recordings was [...]
Hunched over the piano keyboard, his pose akin to that of a statistician analysing code, Benjamin Lackner picked out abstracted blues lines with mathematical precision. His solo on set opener ‘Mosquito Flats’ – in which he demonstrates his gift for [...]
The start of January is often a hibernatory write-off after the excesses of the festive season. Ambitious New Year’s resolutions are not yet abandoned and the world is temporarily restrained: exercising more, eating better, drinking less. This early year ascetic [...]
The group Freight Train, originally formed with Irish folk singer Cathy Jordan, drummer Paul Clarvis and pianist Liam Noble is a successful project blending jazz and folk music. Because of conflicting commitments, Jordan was unable to play three West Midland [...]
