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For more than three decades the saxophonist and bass clarinetist Andrew D’Angelo has been testing the boundaries or teasing the horizons of contemporary music.

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s new live album Ghosts of American Psychonauts was recorded at The Pico Union Project in Los Angeles over Valentine’s Day weekend of 2025 – just a few weeks after the release of his album The Purple Bird and in the immediate wake of…

Mad Dogs the debut album by Grace Rogers is a stonking and rambling record that seems to put folk music through a blender while retaining an affinity for the mores and accents of the tradition.

The opening scene (or cold open) of the third episode of Big Apple introduces a new character and a new situation which deepens our understanding of detective Michael Mooney as played by Ed O’Neill.

frances chang – ‘Bad zen’ Songs often seem to call out in the absence of a lover, whether that person is next door or in the next town over or even waiting somewhere ‘Beyond the Sea’.

Ken Pomeroy took her sweet time following up her 2021 debut Christmas Lights in April.

Sullivan’s Travels Hollywood Satire • 90 minutes • United States • 29 December 1941 Director: Preston Sturges • Written by: Preston Sturges • Produced by: Paul Jones • Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, Jess Lee Brooks, Al Bridge, Jimmy…

In February of 1800 the great Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt headed inland from the coast of present day Venezuela with his travelling companion, the French botanist Aimé Bonpland.

Jess Williamson – ‘Goodbye to All That’ ‘It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends’.

The Ox-Bow Incident Psychological Western • 75 minutes • United States • 8 May 1943 Director: William A.

A couple of weeks ago Downbeat published their August issue and with it their 74th annual critics poll of the best in jazz.

Following the enchanting release Gwethilu: Songs for the Dark Lake by Timoteo Carbone Hansson – a beguiling admixture of Nordic folk traditions, new age and fourth world ambiances plus swelling or cascading polyphonies drawn from the instruments and notat…

At the start of this year, the bass clarinetist Jeff Anderle – perhaps best known as a member of the ensembles Splinter Reeds and Sqwonk – founded Clairvoyant Records in a bid to boost the accessibility of contemporary and experimental classical music, pa…

Kris Davis Trio – ‘The Subtext’ The title of the upcoming album Lost In Geneva by the Kris Davis Trio apparently relates to the pitfalls and pratfalls of life on tour, in this case one of those mishaps – a missing piece of luggage or a cartographical abno…