ECM Records Press Release Jon Hassell 1937-2021 Jon Hassell, innovative trumpeter, genre-spanning improviser and pan-cultural musical philosopher, has died aged 84. His legacy lives on in the playing of the many artists […]
ECM remembers Jon Hassell
Jon Hassell is dead
PRESS STATEMENT from Jon Hassell’s Family JULY 26, 2021 Family Statement: Our beloved Jon M. Hassell – iconic trumpet player, author, and composer – has passed away at the age of 84 […]
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE!
By Jim Kerr, lead singer in Simple Minds “What’ve you been listening to Jim, have you heard any good new music recently?” You’d expect that the first thing a dentist would ask […]
WHO: Keep wearing face masks
From the Sky News live blog: Vaccines won’t be enough and we’ll need to adapt our lifestyles – WHO special envoy Even after the release of coronavirus restrictions, people should continue to […]
black midi – Chondromalacia Patella
“Chondromalacia Patella” from the album “Cavalcade” out 28/05/2021 – preorder: https://blackmidi.ffm.to/cavalcade, Directed by: Vilhjálmur Yngvi Hjálmarsson // susan_creamcheese. View this post on Instagram A post shared by black midi (@bmblackmidi)
ECHO: The Music of Harold Budd and Brian Eno
A documentary revisiting the seminal works ‘The Plateaux of Mirror’ (1980) and ‘The Pearl’ (1984), by artists Harold Budd and Brian Eno. Rare interviews and anecdotes from the artists accompany a fan-crafted […]
Singles of the Week
The Danish duo FABRÄK has released a new punk single which you can read more about here. North Ship has released the first track from a project of eight songs that will […]
Bongorama Singles of the Week
The Sheffield band Working Men´s Club has a new single out, the debut album was on our of the 50 best album releases in 2020. Multi-instrumentalist L´Rain releases new album Fatigue on […]
Foreigners flock to Serbia for coronavirus jabs
Thousands of #vaccine-seekers from countries neighbouring #Serbia flocked to Belgrade on Saturday after Serbian authorities offered free #coronavirus jabs for foreigners if they show up over the weekend.
Classical Music is Colonialist
Professors consider plans to shift focus away from a classical repertoire to embrace diversity MUSICAL notation has been branded “colonialist” by Oxford professors who are hoping to reform their courses to focus […]
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