Barbican, London Band featuring Terence Blanchard and drummer Jaylen Petinaud is firmly rooted in the present “I did a lot of stuff in the 70s,” Herbie Hancock remarks midway through […]
The Jamaican immigrant producer and entrepreneur, who is being honoured with a blue plaque this week, laid the foundations for a vibrant British reggae scene A couple of years after […]
Bentley’s, set up in what was then the National Front stronghold of Canning Town, all too briefly became a legendary weekend mecca for soul, hip-hop and reggae In 1983, Canning […]
15 January 1972: In London to record a television series, Bennett talks about his musical career as well as a love of art Tony Bennett, an entertainer described by Frank […]
Publicist confirms death of American pop and jazz singer who became torchbearer for Great American Songbook Tony Bennett, the American pop and jazz singer who became the torchbearer for the […]
He had ups and downs both professional and personal, but by rejecting fashion and forging ahead with his jazz-informed, after-hours style, Bennett remained hugely admired Over the course of Tony […]
Ahead of an album of previously unreleased 1966 live recordings, we appraise the strident, sexual, socially conscious songcraft of a truly indomitable artist One thing Nina Simone had in abundance […]
