A few months’ delay in the publication of a record is nothing unusual…but anticipation for November’s debut performance has now been brewing for four years after the planned 2020 showcase was disrupted by Covid. Guitarist and bandleader Rob Luft was [...]
For this, the third and last of our year-end lists, UKJN contributors and friends remember their favourite recordings of 2018. Tom Barford – Bloomer (Edition). Before this record was released, saxophonist Tom Barford told me to stop worrying about how [...]
For this, the second of our three year-end lists, UKJN contributors and friends remember their best gigs of 2018. Natacha Atlas, St George’s Bristol. A car crash on the M4 meant no sound check, no rehearsal time – but one [...]
The first of our three annual lists consists of nominations by UKJN writers and other friends in the industry for musician or band of the year: Iain Ballamy Quartet. A very personal choice, unrecorded (so far), sporadically gigging, a regular [...]
