Edmar Castañeda: the Colombian who is making the harp hipThe virtuoso, who plays jazz infused with the traditional sounds of his homeland, is changing perceptions of his chosen instrumentFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Olivia Trummer: “I don’t trust musicians who can’t dance”Berlin pianist and singer Olivia Trummer, one of the highlights of the 12 Points Festival in Dublin last February, blends real talent as a jazz pianist with unusually perceptive songs about love and life – and has a zest for life to matchFri Oct 04 2013 - 00:00
This Is How We Fly: a gravity-defying Irish-Swedish adventureThis Is How We Fly fuse traditional music from Ireland and Sweden with elements of Appalachian clog dancing, jazz and electronica. They look set to take offWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Tight as a drum: Guilfoyle’s Irish-Indian supergroupRonan Guilfoyle’s Khanda bring together jazz with Irish trad and the complex rhythms of south Indian drummingWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
Give me a break: Malian maverick takes on the extremistsBassekou Kouyaté’s new album is a call for solidarity against the ‘armed bandits’ of his troubled homelandFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Jimmy Cobb: the sole survivor from ‘Kind of Blue’In 1959, two days in a New York studio changed jazz forever – for the drummer chosen by Miles Davis, however, it was ‘just another date’Tue Jul 30 2013 - 00:00
Swinging Sligo: how a jazz school won over the westEvery year the Sligo Jazz Project puts internationally renowned musicians in a classroom with students for the serious business of improvisation, followed by gigs in the townThu Jul 18 2013 - 06:00
Branford Marsalis: ‘Most people don’t hear music, they see it’He may have kept faith with the masters of classic jazz, but what he plays is cutting edge, says the New Orleans saxophonistMon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
Underground jazz ventures overgroundA new European festival matches musicians and fuses their sounds. Just don’t mention the J-wordSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
