Spectrum Festival: a blasted missive from the musical frontiers
Subtitled ‘creative music for curious ears’, this sonic exploration features Snowpoet, Sons of Kemet, Thunderblender, Catherine Sikora & Brian Chase and Huun-Huur-Tu
The best jazz this week: BAN BAM festival highlights women artists
Vibraphonist sampled by Kanye, Mulatu Astatke, graces the Sugar Club
The best jazz gigs this week: Pat Metheny’s first Irish concert
Also: piano trio series, Miles Davis vinyl listening club and the Latin American songexplored
Remembering the real ‘inventors of jazz’
This year marks the centenary of the first ever jazz record by five white musicians from New Orleans called The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
How do you promote niche music in a market dominated by major promoters?
Enter the micro-festival – savvy art promoters’ attempt to wrest audience from the mainstream
Improvised Music Company: Giving structure to Irish jazz
Since 1991, IMC has helped promote jazz and bring European musicians together
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