Showcasing her fourth album, Black Rainbows, the singer-songwriter moves away from her soulful roots to a more anguished, angry sound that is also joyful and cathartic Corinne Bailey Rae wanders the stage wordlessly, wafting handheld percussion instruments at amplifiers and members of her band as though burning sage to cleanse the space. All around her is the sound of more percussion and the tentative investigations of a saxophone. She picks […]

Edinburgh band Young Fathers have won Scottish album of the year for the third time. They won the award for their fourth album - Heavy, Heavy - in a ceremony held in Stirling's Albert Halls on Thursday night. Collecting the award, Alloysious Massaquoi from Young Fathers said: "Thank you, we love you all and appreciate it." Young Fathers won the award ahead of a shortlist featuring Paolo Nutini, Becky Sikiasa […]

As the genre-hopping London group visit Lagos – the home of Afrobeat – ahead of a Royal Albert Hall gig, bandleader Femi Koleoso explains how music can create positive social change amid poverty and youth violence Lagos is a pulsing mass of infectious energy. Densely packed houses stretch to the horizon below a visible halo of pollution. The streets are busy at all hours, with people eating, drinking, talking, getting […]

More than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the band have announced the release of their "last song". Called Now And Then, it is based on a 1970s demo recording by John Lennon, and was completed last year by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr. Sir Paul teased the song in a BBC interview this summer, saying AI technology had been used to "extricate" Lennon's vocals from an old cassette. […]

Skopje Jazz Festival19 - 22 October 2023www.skopjejazzfest.com.mkDate: 22 OctoberNational Opera and Ballet, 20:00EIRIK HEGDAL saxophonesPER ”TEXAS” JOHANSSON saxophonesFREDRIK LJUNGKVIST saxophonesMETTE RASMUSSEN saxophoneMACIEJ OBARA saxophoneANDRÉ ROLIGHETEN saxophoneSIGNE EMMELUTH KRUNDERUP saxophoneTHOMAS JOHANSSON trumpetGORAN KAJFEŠ trumpetERIK JOHANNESSEN tromboneGURO KVÅLE tromboneTORBJØRN ZETTERBERG double bassOLE MORTEN VÅGAN double bassINGEBRIGT HÅKER FLATEN double bassHÅKON MJÅSET JOHANSEN drumsHANS HULBÆKMO drumsGARD NILSSEN drumsJØRGEN BRENNHOVD sound designGard Nilssen is a drummer, composer, producer and bandleader from Norway that lives in Oslo. He is one of the most sought […]