Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham UK 21-11-2016 “That was called – ah, it doesn’t really matter what the titles are. It’s all existential hogwash anyway.” That was seven-string guitarist extraordinaire Charlie Hunter to the crowd in the bigger room… Read More ›
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My top five Midland gigs – November 2016
If you are going to try a few gigs in the English Midlands this month, these are the ones I’d choose from first: Saturday 12 Andrew Bain Embodied Hope Quartet Jazzlines, CBSO Centre, Birmingham 8pm, £12.50 The drummer’s Transatlantic all-star band playing Bain’s… Read More ›
Snarky Puppy – Family Dinner – Volume Two
(Ground Up/Universal) The jazz-funk fusioneers of the moment acted as hosts, arrangers and backing band for a specially convened session with a variety of singers for the first Family Dinner, all the proceeds going to the Virginian arts centre which… Read More ›