Two qualities of Don Thompson that one finds irresistible is that he is musicianly to the core, quietly and unmistakably commanding your attention at every level,...
More than a decade ago, pulling no punches and taking no prisoners in an interview in The Guardian, the violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy lamented about: “the...
You know instinctively that an album with the title Jazz, Torch & Ancient Pop [a title that needs no explanation really] is likely to hit the...
December 9, 2023. The stage is set, and the theatre is aglow with the reflection of all that glitters, which is gold, a reflection of the...
With the 2024 Awards season not far from the proverbial corner, one is likely to be blinded by an onrush of accolades for various performances. This...
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It takes a very special artist to understand both the solemnity and the joy of Christmas. It takes dwelling in such a quietude to come up...
The best measure of how reverently European musicians have paid their respects to The Blues and Jazz – that is Black American Music – is how...
I feel fortunate and privileged to have witnessed the final performance of The Manhattan Transfer, an afternoon show, a historical event. The theatre was packed, a...
Adi Braun is no longer a singer of great promise, she is already a great artist – like her father Victor Braun, her younger brother Russell...
Vince Guaraldi will forever be celebrated as the musician who composed unforgettable music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip penned [and drawn by...
