New Music Reviews
Warpaint, Brighton DomeFriday, 24 January 2014
The best thing about Warpaint is their rhythm section. The all-female LA quartet have received critical plaudits for both their albums, wisely releasing their latest eponymous collection in the dead zone of January, maximizing media attention (why don’t more bands do this? It was the making of the Scissor Sisters back in 2004). The foursome are determinedly un-showbiz, letting their music do the talking and dealing in tasty power-femme sound-bites. Read more... |
Stockton's Wing/Frankie Gavin & De Dannan, St Patrick's CathedralFriday, 24 January 2014
Featuring two of the most celebrated bands in traditional Irish music, this mouth-watering double bill as part of the ninth Temple Bar TradFest drew a capacity crowd to St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. With incredibly tight tune playing, pinpoint phrasing and a powerhouse backing section, Frankie Gavin & De Dannan kicked things off in dramatic fashion. Read more... |
Zhenya Strigalev's Smiling Organizm, Ronnie Scott'sTuesday, 21 January 2014
The musical concept behind this constellation of international stars at Ronnie Scott’s last night was simple. Take a sextet of some of the world’s finest improvising jazz musicians, give them either a funky groove, gentle swing or a bass-fired post-bop beat, and ample space to improvise. Sit back and enjoy the sonic fireworks. Read more... |
Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2014, KokoMonday, 20 January 2014
In a world where everyone is expected to be a “brand”, Gilles Peterson sets some very interesting precedents. Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Small FacesSunday, 19 January 2014
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CD: The Gloaming - The GloamingSunday, 12 January 2014
Musically, lyrically, dramatically, on every count this debut album from The Gloaming is exceptional. Four-fifths of the group - Clare fiddle player Martin Hayes, Chicago guitarist Dennis Cahill, the Cúil Aodha sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionaird and Dublin-born hardanger player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh - are all well-known figures within traditional Irish music. Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Jackson C. FrankSunday, 12 January 2014
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Gwilym Simcock, Kings PlaceSaturday, 11 January 2014
Gwilym Simcock, pianist, composer, and jazz-classical crossover specialist, is releasing two albums this year, and at Kings Place last night, the audience had a taste of both. An evening billed as the launch of Instrumation, Simcock’s new album of original suites, became a kind of Simcock tasting menu. He played half of Instrumation, which was officially launched, and sections from his second album of 2014, Reverie at Schloss Elmau. Read more... |
Landes, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings PlaceSunday, 05 January 2014
May this be a New Year sign and a symbol of a revitalized concert scene to come: an eclectic programme of dazzling range to draw in the new pick-and-mix generation, full of segues that worked and executed with the right balance of poetry and in-your-face exuberance by a crack team of young players. Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Love, Poetry and RevolutionSunday, 05 January 2014
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Small Faces: Here Comes the Nice - The Immediate Years
Jackson C. Frank: Jackson C. Frank
Various Artists: Love, Poetry and RevolutionPages
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