Jazz at the weekend
Album launch for jazz aficionados.
The Beat still goes on
Local heroes return home – or near enough. Dave Woodhall’s watching and listening.
Red branches in Kings Heath
Martin Longley was still feeling the Saint Patrick’s Day emanations two days after the event, with a stirring gig from Belfast’s Craobh Rua.
Robin 2, Alabama 3
Welcome to Bilston. Or Wolverhampton, as main man singer Larry Love kept insisting. Martin Longley lost his way in the miasma.
You should be dancing
Terry Wills dons his white suit for the latest bout of Saturday Night Fever.
Drummer men
Two events coming up at the Drum arts centre in Aston.
Project Aid
Nigel Kennedy meets Jimi Hendrix. Dave Woodhall reports on an evening where many styles clashed.
Mammal hands support penguins at Hare and Hounds
Martin Longley stalked a pair of sturdy UK math-jazz trios up the hill to Kings Heath.
Folk tales at the Robin
There’s plenty of folk and roots coming up at the Robin 2.
Silver bullets
Birmingham Jazz present another top-line event at the Red Lion on Friday.
Coates of many colours
Martin Longley crossed the Digbeth border, to discover the hidden back rooms of free improvisation.
Sticking to Bostic
Young horners blew oldies by Bostic, Dizzy, Prez and Mulligan in Solihull. Martin Longley was glued to the dancefloor.
Saturday night special
Local musician Rowena Knight tells of a new live attraction.
Handsome gab
Martin Longley climbs to The Institute’s eyrie, for a rare sighting of Albuquerque’s noir country ambassadors.
What’s on at Artrix
A mixed bag coming up at the Artrix Arts Centre.
Silver machine inoperable
A time-transplanted Martin Longley slides back to the heyday of prog-jazz space-rock.
Nigel Kennedy charity event launched
Violinist to perform The Hendrix Project for Human Aid charity.
Review: The Magic Flute
Richard Lutz takes along his opera glasses for Mozart magic in Birmingham.
Lap of the Gods
Dave Woodhall talks to Arthur Brown, not quite as crazy after all these years.
Philharmonia at Warwick
French horn symphony showcase.
Coming up at Artrix
Music, theatre and something very different.
Miami nice
Martin Longley relishes the reformation of those beyond-country Miami titans, The Mavericks.
Review: Coppelia
Richard Lutz watches the original Living Doll at Birmingham Hippodrome.
Wild at heart
One of the country’s top jazz bands will be appearing at Birmingham Jazz’s regular event this coming Friday.
Sharp as Tharp
Richard Lutz views a dance masterpiece in Birmingham.
Sunjay’n’Eddy
Award-winning musicians to perform in folk double-header.
Coming up at Artrix
There’s a mixed bag this month.
Ebbing and flowing
Simon Hale talks to the multi-talented Judith Owen.
More dance for Brum
DanceXchange announces 2015 schedule.
Take two
Two of the country’s finest female vocalists are coming up at the Robin.