Fate, chance and happenstance have put a lot of experimental and improvised music from Brazilian artists and labels in my Continue Reading
aJazzNoise picks of 2022…
Another year, another list – when will it all end?! Well, hopefully never, as long as my ears continue to Continue Reading
Old Believers – Old Believers
It opens with the slow calving of a rusty glacier. Or maybe it’s just your brain shearing in two. The Continue Reading
Patrick Shiroishi at Sala Bóveda, Barcelona – 11 October ’22
I just checked: the last time I wrote anything about a gig or concert was over four and a half Continue Reading
Jörg A. Schneider & Patrick Shiroishi – Schneider-Shiroishi
As a fan of Jörg A. Schneider’s Collaborations albums, I have to say that the latest batch is some of Continue Reading
The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo – Kosmoksen erakko
Question: Who is Teppo Repo? Well, the twin powers of Wikipedia and Google Translate tell me that Teppo Repo (1886-1962) Continue Reading
Džiazlaif – Jazz Not Dead
CRRNT Records was behind one of my favourite albums last year – Aurelijus Užameckis’ Signals – and so despite the Continue Reading
12-ish Guitar (and-only-guitar) Albums In The Last 12 Months…
Recently, I was struck by how many solely guitar albums I was acquiring. So, a list – why not? – Continue Reading