David Bowie – Blackstar (2016)
David Bowie remains one of our key musicians, but his last releases began to sound just a tad retrospective. Not this one.
David Bowie remains one of our key musicians, but his last releases began to sound just a tad retrospective. Not this one.

Mats Gustafsson joins Sammy Stein in a brutally honest discussion on the industry, travel these days and the resistance required to make good jazz.

‘Cerberus’ is part of the Masada project orchestrated by John Zorn, this time with considerable help from the deliriously talented Spike Orchestra.

Michael J. McEvoy joins us to discuss working with famous acts like Steve Winwood, how nature sparks his muse and the death of the American dream.

Ola Onabule has released eight albums in a career stretching more than two decades, yet there remains about him a sense of fierce independence.

How things have changed since my last Kitty La Roar gig. Paired now with Nick Shankland and Benet McLean, she has an even greater depth.

Delightful, lifting and energetic, ‘Mort Weiss Is a Jazz Reality Show’ recalls the best vintage straight-ahead jazz – but done the Mort Weiss way.

Reaching out to anyone who enjoys improvised music, Dead Neanderthals’ ‘Worship the Sun’ is simple, coherent and above all, fun.

Steven T. Easter is a bit of a phenomenon. As we learn in this in-depth talk, he is a musician, promoter, producer and kite flyer – yes, kite flyer.

Identical but not the same, the Bosman Twins talk to Sammy Stein about their deft combination of jazz, R&B, funk, gospel – and family.