Not for the masses, but from the masses
Ian Parks grew up in a South Yorkshire mining family - as his new volume of poetry The Exile House hits the shelves, Jody Porter finds out his sources of inspiration.
The Fall
Will Stone was left pondering an incoherent outing
Scottish reel treat
This weekend sees a unique celebration of cinema at Glasgow's Southside Film Festival
The Economics Of Killing
An expose of the military-industrial complex shows how its actions grease the transfer of resources from the poorest to the richest globally
Chris Searle
African massacre victim in the US
Wednesday 16 March 2011
A pygmy slave and his unfortunate death
Prevost's very British beats
Wednesday 09 March 2011
Whenever he plays, the drums of Eddie Prevost sound as if they have been everywhere, despite him being a very British drummer indeed.
From salvation to free improvisation
Monday 28 February 2011
Harry Beckett Caribbean zing for the London jazz scene
Percussionist, pianist, feminist...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Swiss auteur Irene Schweizer
Exquisite Normality from London town
Monday 14 February 2011
One of the East End's best-kept secrets is a singer with remarkable skill and an impressive coterie of musicians
Great Scott's on record at long last
Monday 07 February 2011
A historic LP has made its into the 21st century
From the Mississippi to the Tigris
Thursday 03 February 2011
Polar worlds collide in a fusion of cultures
Shining brilliant
Monday 24 January 2011
Chris Searle on Duke Ellington's protege
Trevor Watts and the Moire Drum Orchestra
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Powerful innovator of the alto and soprano saxophones, musical internationalist and pioneer of British free improvising music Trevor Watts was born in York in 1939, but spent his boyhood in Halifax.