Robocobra Quartet - Music for All Occasions album review: Blood on the jazz floorROBOCOBRA QUARTETMusic for All Occasions ****Self-releasedWed Dec 07 2016 - 16:00
JC4 – Can You Believe It? album review: Sanford goes improvAlbum gives an opportunity to hear what trombonist and arranger likes to listen toWed Nov 30 2016 - 16:00
Billy Hart & the WDR Big Band - The Broader Picture album review: Drum roll pleaseBILLY HART & THE WDR BIG BANDThe Broader Picture ***Enja YellowbirdThu Nov 24 2016 - 11:00
Landmark Dublin music venue JJ Smyths to shutThe unofficial home to Dublin’s jazz and blues scene for the past 30 years will close its doors later this monthThu Nov 17 2016 - 12:44
Bill Laurance – Live at Union Chapel review: intimacy and grandiosity in equal measuresThu Nov 10 2016 - 11:00
Keith Jarrett - A Multitude of Angels album review: a master at the pinnacle of his powersTue Nov 08 2016 - 11:23
Jacob Collier: ‘Music was my second language’From a modest bedroom in his Mum’s house, at the age of 17, Collier began posting his now legendary You Tube videosThu Oct 27 2016 - 05:00
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life album review: a fitting farewellThu Oct 20 2016 - 13:15
Wadada Leo Smith: America’s National Parks album review – stormy studies of nature, environment and ownershipThu Oct 13 2016 - 11:00
Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The Declaration of Musical Independence album review: Elliptically groovyThu Oct 06 2016 - 13:34
Lauren Kinsella: 'Improvisation is the key to life'Shrieks, yelps and clicks are part of the Irish woman’s repertoire of improvisationMon Oct 03 2016 - 16:38
Metá Metá - MM3 review: an intelligently edgy trio who are dancing past the genre trapThu Sept 08 2016 - 18:33
John Beasley - Monk’estra Vol. 1: proving once again the extraordinary resilience of Monk’s legacyThu Sept 01 2016 - 20:00
Renowned Irish jazz musician Louis Stewart dies aged 72Tributes paid to Waterford-born jazz guitarists who was ‘one of the world’s greatest’Sun Aug 21 2016 - 08:55
Album of the Day - Fred Hersch Trio’s Sunday Night at the Village Vanguard: This is as good as it getsThu Aug 18 2016 - 11:54
David Ambrosio/Russ Meissner - Moments in Time album review: Get on the busDavid Ambrosio/Russ Meissner, Moments in Time, ****, Steeplechase LookoutThu Aug 11 2016 - 16:33
Jacob Collier - In My Room album review: the hype is deservedJacob Collier, In My Room, ****, MembranThu Aug 11 2016 - 11:15
Mats Eilertsen - Rubicon album review: loose-limbed, folk-inflected ensemble soundThu Aug 04 2016 - 19:00
Arild Andersen - The Rose Window album review: at 70, the bassist still has plenty to sayWed Aug 03 2016 - 20:33
Kenny Garrett - Do Your Dance album review: a world tour of grooves and rhythmsThu Jul 28 2016 - 13:33
Marc Ribot’s The Young Philadelphians - Live in Tokyo album review: a boisterous romp of an albumTue Jul 26 2016 - 16:00
Laura Toxvaerd - Pladeshop album review: ferocious, ethnic-flavoured free improvFri Jul 22 2016 - 11:32
Melody Gardot: ‘Music activates the brain at a high level’Gardot began writing songs as therapy after a serious accident left her with memory and speech problemsMon Jul 04 2016 - 06:00
The Impossible Gentlemen: Let’s Get Deluxe album review - earthy and unpredictableThu Jun 30 2016 - 14:33
Bobby Avey - Inhuman Wilderness album review: fearless, exhilarating, multilayeredThu Jun 30 2016 - 11:36
Israeli musician responds to controversy over NCH gigMusician Avishai Cohen responds to the controversy over his Israeli-government-supported Dublin gigThu Jun 23 2016 - 12:50
Warren Wolf - Convergence album review: holding his own among the heavyweightsThu Jun 23 2016 - 12:27
