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"I must say I wouldn't pay to go and see avant-garde. It's very chancey, especially if you've got more than two people playing. The more people you have, the riskier it is, and the harder it becomes to finish. You think it's over and then some idiot starts up again."
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"I must say I wouldn't pay to go and see avant-garde. It's very chancey, especially if you've got more than two people playing. The more people you have, the riskier it is, and the harder it becomes to finish. You think it's over and then some idiot starts up again."
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"I could hear something after that incredible discipline, y'know, that it was about finding things inside your own body and your own instrument. And I've got to be careful in airports, especially in queues... you know I suddenly start with ooommmmmmuuuwooommuuuuuuwm or something."
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"I could hear something after that incredible discipline, y'know, that it was about finding things inside your own body and your own instrument. And I've got to be careful in airports, especially in queues... you know I suddenly start with ooommmmmmuuuwooommuuuuuuwm or something."
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10 years ago: Roscoe Mitchell/John Edwards/Mark Sanders @ Cafe Oto, London, 27th October 2015
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
10 years ago: Roscoe Mitchell/John Edwards/Mark Sanders @ Cafe Oto, London, 27th October 2015
Incarnations of Burned Children
Short fiction by David Foster Wallace.
Takes about 5 minutes to read, but maybe don't if you have a small child.
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Short fiction by David Foster Wallace.
Takes about 5 minutes to read, but maybe don't if you have a small child.
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Incarnations of Burned Children
When daddy was hanging a door. Exceedingly short fiction from the author of Infinite Jest.
www.esquire.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Incarnations of Burned Children
Short fiction by David Foster Wallace.
Takes about 5 minutes to read, but maybe don't if you have a small child.
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Short fiction by David Foster Wallace.
Takes about 5 minutes to read, but maybe don't if you have a small child.
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas - A Mountain Sees a Mountain
Hamid Drake drums, percussion, frame drum, vocals
Pat Thomas piano
Recorded at the 9th OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, B10 Live, Shenzhen, October 20th, 2019
released October 20, 2025
oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/a-moun...
Hamid Drake drums, percussion, frame drum, vocals
Pat Thomas piano
Recorded at the 9th OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, B10 Live, Shenzhen, October 20th, 2019
released October 20, 2025
oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/a-moun...
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas - A Mountain Sees a Mountain
Hamid Drake drums, percussion, frame drum, vocals
Pat Thomas piano
Recorded at the 9th OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, B10 Live, Shenzhen, October 20th, 2019
released October 20, 2025
oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/a-moun...
Hamid Drake drums, percussion, frame drum, vocals
Pat Thomas piano
Recorded at the 9th OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, B10 Live, Shenzhen, October 20th, 2019
released October 20, 2025
oldheavenbooks.bandcamp.com/album/a-moun...
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"I think I'm getting to be well known in a wider circle, so that people aren't really music lovers. I think a lot of people who might come to a concert now are sensation seekers, and I can't provide that. I can only provide the music."
Carla Bley
May 11, 1936 - October 17, 2023
Carla Bley
May 11, 1936 - October 17, 2023
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"I think I'm getting to be well known in a wider circle, so that people aren't really music lovers. I think a lot of people who might come to a concert now are sensation seekers, and I can't provide that. I can only provide the music."
Carla Bley
May 11, 1936 - October 17, 2023
Carla Bley
May 11, 1936 - October 17, 2023
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Just listed at Barbican - a December afternoon of rare footage of Derek Bailey, one of a series of events that week marking the 20th anniversary of his death. Supported by @thewiremagazine.bsky.social Tickets here: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
So Watt Special: Derek Bailey - New Sights, Old Sounds | Barbican
A film screening of rare, unseen footage of Derek Bailey from the Incus Records archive and beyond, capturing his performances and collaborations across decades and continents.
www.barbican.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Just listed at Barbican - a December afternoon of rare footage of Derek Bailey, one of a series of events that week marking the 20th anniversary of his death. Supported by @thewiremagazine.bsky.social Tickets here: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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Very pleased to announce a So Watt special for this year's London Jazz Festival. This time: Derek Bailey and Jeremy Marre's landmark series about improvisation, projected from the best materials. In stereo and in full and in a single afternoon. November 15th.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
So Watt: Derek Bailey's On the Edge – Improvisation in Music | Barbican
A rare chance to see Derek Bailey and Jeremy Marre's landmark series about improvisation and invention in music – screening in full, in stereo and across a single afternoon.
www.barbican.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Very pleased to announce a So Watt special for this year's London Jazz Festival. This time: Derek Bailey and Jeremy Marre's landmark series about improvisation, projected from the best materials. In stereo and in full and in a single afternoon. November 15th.
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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It was a pleasure to be asked by Stewart Lee and producer Miles Warde to sit in as the 'expert' on Great Lives this coming Monday at 3pm on BBC Radio 4, to celebrate Derek Bailey.
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It was a pleasure to be asked by Stewart Lee and producer Miles Warde to sit in as the 'expert' on Great Lives this coming Monday at 3pm on BBC Radio 4, to celebrate Derek Bailey.
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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PART CHIMP - LIVE at NO90 Hackney for Baba Yaga's Hut 19th Anniversary Celebration 🥳
Very pleased to have captured this. I love Part Chimp and it's great to finally record them with good sound - no mean feat considering they're one of the loudest bands around.
Full film in the comms 👇👇👇
Very pleased to have captured this. I love Part Chimp and it's great to finally record them with good sound - no mean feat considering they're one of the loudest bands around.
Full film in the comms 👇👇👇
August 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
PART CHIMP - LIVE at NO90 Hackney for Baba Yaga's Hut 19th Anniversary Celebration 🥳
Very pleased to have captured this. I love Part Chimp and it's great to finally record them with good sound - no mean feat considering they're one of the loudest bands around.
Full film in the comms 👇👇👇
Very pleased to have captured this. I love Part Chimp and it's great to finally record them with good sound - no mean feat considering they're one of the loudest bands around.
Full film in the comms 👇👇👇
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A Beltane night treat for you all… We're excited to announce our latest book, Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene, delving into the making and creative development of David Rudkin's classic television film, written by @greavesian.bsky.social. Pre-order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A Beltane night treat for you all… We're excited to announce our latest book, Penda's Fen: Scene by Scene, delving into the making and creative development of David Rudkin's classic television film, written by @greavesian.bsky.social. Pre-order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
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Available to listen back here. Happy birthday Amina Claudine Myers!
www.nts.live/shows/in-foc...
www.nts.live/shows/in-foc...
In Focus: Amina Claudine Myers 21st March 2025
Playing Post Bop, Free Jazz, Soul Jazz. A deeper look into the back catalogs of various artists.
www.nts.live
March 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Available to listen back here. Happy birthday Amina Claudine Myers!
www.nts.live/shows/in-foc...
www.nts.live/shows/in-foc...
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sofia Gubaidulina on March 13, 2025. She was regarded as the grande dame of contemporary music and the most significant Russian composer of our time.
© Bodil Maroni Jensen
#SofiaGubaidulina
© Bodil Maroni Jensen
#SofiaGubaidulina
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sofia Gubaidulina on March 13, 2025. She was regarded as the grande dame of contemporary music and the most significant Russian composer of our time.
© Bodil Maroni Jensen
#SofiaGubaidulina
© Bodil Maroni Jensen
#SofiaGubaidulina
Nice. Decent audio from the whole set. A grand day out. Well worth £9. I was very impressed with opening act Talk Talk. And just 9 weeks later, I got to see the current incarnation of Genesis at the NEC.
Genesis playing “Turn It On Again” with Peter Gabriel on drums rocking the 13/8 time signature!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3e3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3e3...
Six Of The Best - Genesis Reunion Concert, Milton Keynes Bowl, 1982
YouTube video by Bruce McLauchlan
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nice. Decent audio from the whole set. A grand day out. Well worth £9. I was very impressed with opening act Talk Talk. And just 9 weeks later, I got to see the current incarnation of Genesis at the NEC.
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Don't tell anyone, but Daniel Blumberg’s remarkable two hour live performance from an empty Oto in 2020, just before the world shut down, can be found here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDGE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDGE...
Cafe OTO live stream
YouTube video by Cafe OTO
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Don't tell anyone, but Daniel Blumberg’s remarkable two hour live performance from an empty Oto in 2020, just before the world shut down, can be found here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDGE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDGE...
Finally decided on a third album to jazz juice my 2024 AOTY list, after a superb concert at the Vortex in January tinyurl.com/2b6b6vrj
Run the Gauntlet, by The Kris Davis Trio
11 track album
tinyurl.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Finally decided on a third album to jazz juice my 2024 AOTY list, after a superb concert at the Vortex in January tinyurl.com/2b6b6vrj
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This Z. M. Dagar Dhrupad sitar recording, featuring the maestro’s deep, slow, spiritual musings which create a meditative space and inspired tension of timeless universal value, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/02/indi...
#India
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/02/indi...
#India
January 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This Z. M. Dagar Dhrupad sitar recording, featuring the maestro’s deep, slow, spiritual musings which create a meditative space and inspired tension of timeless universal value, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/02/indi...
#India
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/02/indi...
#India
Actually, my AOTY should probably be this transplendent 1979 LP of Maquam by Arab ud lutist Jamil Ghanim, which I downloaded from the consistently excellent MusicRepublic blog. It's just beautiful. music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/04/yeme...
YEMEN Jamil Ghanim – Luth au Yemen – Ud classique – Arabesques Recitalbum 6
YEMEN Jamil Ghanim – Luth au Yemen – Ud classique – Arabesques Recitalbum 6, recorded by Jean-Claude Chabrier in Aden, Yemen, released in ...
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Actually, my AOTY should probably be this transplendent 1979 LP of Maquam by Arab ud lutist Jamil Ghanim, which I downloaded from the consistently excellent MusicRepublic blog. It's just beautiful. music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/04/yeme...
My favourites of 2024 (keeping it short), 2/2: Graham Lambkin & James Rushford tinyurl.com/3wvzm3p5
Gondolas, by Graham Lambkin/James Rushford
9 track album
tinyurl.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My favourites of 2024 (keeping it short), 2/2: Graham Lambkin & James Rushford tinyurl.com/3wvzm3p5
My favourites of 2024 (keeping it short), 1/2: SUMAC 'The Healer'
sumac.bandcamp.com/album/the-he...
sumac.bandcamp.com/album/the-he...
The Healer, by SUMAC
4 track album
sumac.bandcamp.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My favourites of 2024 (keeping it short), 1/2: SUMAC 'The Healer'
sumac.bandcamp.com/album/the-he...
sumac.bandcamp.com/album/the-he...
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, playing someone else's guitar at Rough Trade East earlier this evening.
December 1, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, playing someone else's guitar at Rough Trade East earlier this evening.
Georgia Hubley's 'Little Black Egg', aka Yo La Tengo, on a Sounds... of Science tip at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social last night.
December 1, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Georgia Hubley's 'Little Black Egg', aka Yo La Tengo, on a Sounds... of Science tip at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social last night.
2 hours 21 minutes of Tom Waits, live in Atlanta, Ga., July 2008.
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www.npr.org/2008/07/29/9...
Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert
Recorded at Atlanta's historic Fox Theater on July 5, Waits delivers a stunning and epic two-and-a-half hour performance, including songs he says he's never attempted outside of the studio before.
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November 23, 2024 at 8:32 PM
2 hours 21 minutes of Tom Waits, live in Atlanta, Ga., July 2008.
www.npr.org/2008/07/29/9...
www.npr.org/2008/07/29/9...
