Alastair Shuttleworth talks to Irish experimental musician Jennifer Walshe in order to offer ten points of entry to her back ...

Based on transcriptions direct from tapes found at a jumble sale, the latest from Oliver Leith may be the ideal entry point ...

As Soul Jazz launch a deluxe reissue to mark 50 years of this Count Ossie classic, Neil Kulkarni explores an imaginative, forward-thinking and post-modern fusion of the ancient and modern ...

Through a series of excellent releases over various small labels, Tim Gane, Stereolab founder and former McCarthy man, has developed a distinct new instrumental electronic sonic offering with Cavern ...

Kevin Martin has taken to Instagram to reveal that he’s successfully blocked an unlicensed reissue of Possession, a 1992 ...

Portuguese festival SQUARE has revealed the first details of the conference programme for its 2027 edition. Returning to ...

Claire Biddles and Fergal Kinney wonder whether Robbie Williams' pivot to hip hop album Rudebox was outsider art or just a ...

Paul Du Noyer compared Paul McCartney’s “stylistic breadth” to Pablo Picasso. Will Gompertz eulogised David Bowie as “the Picasso of pop”. Leonard Cohen saw Bob Dylan as “the Picasso” and considered ...

Edward Burra died on the same day the UK's first punk rock single – New Rose by the Damned – was released. Richard Foster ...

Darran Anderson looks back 25 years to Pulp's 'farewell' album from 2001 – We Love Life – and asks why did it fall by the ...

The hammered dulcimer originated in Persia as the santur, perhaps as many as 5,000 years ago. From there it travelled in all directions, adapting and mutating as it went. It moved southwards to India, ...