Cum On Feel the Norze!
Martin Longley reports from day three of Norway’s Førdefestivalen world music festival.
Hardanger management
Martin Longley on day two of Norway’s Førdefestivalen.
Fjord fiesta
Who needs WOMAD?, asks Martin Longley, when there’s Norway’s Førdefestivalen, a weekender of global music on the west coast.
Kora-scating Kouyaté
Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyaté climaxed the Muzikstan mini-festival in Balsall Heath. Martin Longley danced instead of taking notes…
Wynton takes shots at the Spotted Dog
In a rare double-header, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis played Symphony Hall and the Spotted Dog on the same night. Martin Longley was on his trail.
Jazz friends forever
Martin Longley heard Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock and Louis Armstrong tunes mingled together in an unusual jazz combination.
Flamenco flame on!
To his surprise, Martin Longley found himself in a dance school over the weekend.
Kicking out the jrams
Martin Longley saw New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis turn the pages of his comic books. The Lower East Sider also played some mighty fine rock’n’scroll…
Pierre guitar contest
Martin Longley concludes his week of guitar fetishism…
Grubby guitar basin
From deep down in the Coventry canal basin, Martin Longley enjoys an intimate recital by Brooklyn guitarist David Grubbs…
How many axes does it take to cut a secret rose?
Did New Yorker Rhys Chatham break a record for the number of guitarists found onstage at the Town Hall? Martin Longley thinks so…
Sound and vision
Martin Longley reports on jazz saxophonist Tom Harrison’s film music project.
Superb Sonic
Martin Longley kicks off the festival season with a weekend of targeted cranial bombardment.
Journey into the Otherworld
Martin Longley enveloped himself in ‘the land of the young’, up in Kings Heath on Monday night.
Solihull stomp
Martin Longley unearths the pulsating traditional jazz scene of Solihull…
Beckstasy
Martin Longley enjoys a night with a guitar great.
Penetrating a moving target
Punchy punk pioneers Penetration play at The Institute on Thursday night. Martin Longley caught them last month up in York…
Oi oi
The Blockheads are celebrating 35 years of partying at Bilston’s Robin this evening. Martin Longley caught them up in York a few months back…
Are you going to the party?
Blackbeard’s Tea Party play at the Hare & Hounds tomorrow night. Martin Longley has already caught them (twice) up in their hometown of York…
Anais seeds
Anais Mitchell plays Birmingham this Saturday. Martin Longley has already witnessed her up in the wilds of Yorkshire’s East Riding.
Send for the doctor
Dr Feelgood will be on the patch soon. Martin Longley caught them last year and they were on top form.
Ferry cross the Ouse
Perhaps thou clutchest tickets for tonight’s sold out Bryan Ferry gig at Symphony Hall? Or perhaps there will be a few stray returns at the door? Regardless, Martin Longley caught the show up in York last Thursday night…
Jim’s all White
Itinerant American songster Jim White sets his guitar cases down at The Glee Club this evening, but Martin Longley caught him up in York last night…
Krystle clear
American-in-Paris troubadour Krystle Warren plays at the Glee Club tonite. Martin Longley saw her in York on Tuesday evening…
New York Sounds: Mostly Cosmic
Trumpets can be the perfect conduit for space-sounds from the outer reaches. Martin Longley’s squatting on the NYC launch pad…
Martin Longley’s New York Sounds
From tantric Buddhist interpretation to disco-funk humping, Martin Longley gets down in NYC clubland. And, er, a museum of Himalayan art.
Martin Longley’s New York Sounds: Boris Wang Sex Stetson
Martin Longley gets into Chinese jaw harp, Fellini soundtracking, Japanese metal and whaledrone saxophone…
Martin Longley’s New York Sounds: Space Rock To Out-There Jazz
Martin Longley sees Spiritualized compress their cosmic selves into a tiny Brooklyn DIY venue…
Martin Longley hunkers down at two of NYC’s finest jazz haunts…
New York Sounds: Dizzy’s Club And The Iridium
Martin Longley’s New York Sounds: Tuvan Trip-Hop Jazz
Martin Longley mashes up bull testicles, glow-rings and wooden flutes in NYC…