Nubya Garcia
‘It’s a rockstar album’: the UK jazz musicians marking five decades of Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew
In an epic feat of improvisation, 12 players over three days reimagined the jazz great’s magnum opus
Ammar Kalia
25, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
Tom Skinner on the Smile, Sons of Kemet and going solo: ‘It gives me a blank slate to explore’
The Sons of Kemet drummer explains how he’s keeping his cool while launching his debut record, working with Jonny and Thom from Radiohead – and preparing for the birth of his second child
Ammar Kalia
08, Nov, 2022 @8:54 AM
‘I reach a trance state. I’m almost sleepwalking’: the mystical jazz of Nala Sinephro
Made against the odds while she was in dire need of self-care, the London-based harpist and composer’s album is an ambient jazz classic. She explains the healing, spiritual qualities of her work
Ammar Kalia
17, Nov, 2021 @3:19 PM
The beat goes on: the new British jazz messengers
The UK jazz renaissance shows no sign of letting up and – from Nubya Garcia to Xhosa Cole – it’s a fresh wave of Black talent that’s pushing things forward
Kevin Le Gendre
08, Nov, 2021 @8:00 AM
Nubya Garcia review – music does the talking in triumphant comeback
The Londoner’s cosmopolitan jazz comes loaded with meaning and emotion, but she also proves to be an engaging raconteur
Dave Simpson
01, Nov, 2021 @12:31 PM
Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams
21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
09, Sep, 2021 @9:13 PM
‘A summer of love!’ Musicians on the awesome, tearful return of gigs
From Sleaford Mods in London to Mogwai in France, bands and performers talk about the strange and wonderful experience of returning to the stage after 16 months of deprivation
As told to Michael Hann
02, Sep, 2021 @2:00 PM
Latitude festival review: a hyper-real return to glitter, beer and British musical brilliance
The first full-capacity festival since the pandemic began hosted a series of artists – Sons of Kemet and Self Esteem among them – that show how vibrant the UK’s scene still is
Kate Hutchinson
26, Jul, 2021 @12:47 PM
Mercury prize 2021: first-time nominees dominate shortlist
No 1 albums by Wolf Alice, Mogwai and Celeste are joined by leftfield artists such as Hannah Peel and Nubya Garcia in race for prestigious music award
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
22, Jul, 2021 @10:16 AM
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