The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Big band bad vibes
GEORGE FOGARTY admires the musicianship of an all-white combo, but finds its theft of resources and erasure of black people disturbing
DISTASTEFUL: Dutty Moonshine play Shindig Festival May 2023, as part of their current tour
[Nathan Roach]
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
DUTTY MOONSHINE BIG BAND/ HOT SAUCE RHYTHM AND BRASS
02 Academy, Oxford
BRASS bands have made a major comeback in recent years, it seems. Of course, in places as far apart as New Orleans and Macedonia, they never went away; but the distinctive sounds of these regions has, in the past decade or so, gone global.
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