Articles by: Sammy Stein

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John Kelly, actor, musician + activist: Something Else! Interview

A Something Else! interview with John Kelly, the busy actor, musician and UK activist for the disabled.

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Jim Hagen – Jim Hagen (2014)

Hagen constructs a gentle jazz funk, but it’s far from easy listening.

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Kosi – Pictures of Us (2014)

This is an album of beauty – authentic, and from the heart.

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Dead Neanderthals – Prime (2014)

A wake-up call to anyone who thought free jazz was a dying art.

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Fire! Orchestra directed by Mats Gustafsson – Enter (2014)

A prog-leaning album that is noisy, experimental and brave.

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Colin Webster + Mark Holub – Viscera (2014)

This is what free playing is all about.

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Shows I’ll Never Forget: Kitty La Roar and Nick Shankland, July 7, 2014

Playing regularly at Scarfe’s Bar in London, they take ownership of the music.

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John Russell, jazz guitarist: Something Else! Interview

“I’m not too much of a fan,” free-form legend John Russell admits, “of the ‘jazz’ label.”

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Peter Brotzmann + Sonny Sharrock – Whatthef*ckdoyouwant? (2014)

More than an album, these archival 1987 recordings unfold like a conversation.

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Tomas Doncker Band – Moanin’ At Midnight: The Howlin’ Wolf Project (2014)

They pay tribute to a blues great, yet create an album that is very much their own.