gospel
The golden days of Greenwich Village
David Browne celebrates the vitality of the Village in its 1960s heyday, when clubs were subterranean crucibles where jazz, folk, blues and poetry swirled in a potent brew
Terrifically good value: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds reviewed
A few years ago, I received an early morning phone call from Nick Cave’s former PR, berating me for not…
Running on full and empty
The bigger the next big thing, the smaller the room you want them playing in. You want the people who…
Kanye West: Donda
Grade: C– The nicest thing one can say is that this is a marginally better album than we would have…
Nothing sings and shimmies like Alvin Ailey
Hit them with your best shot? Or save the best till last? Almost 30 years after Alvin Ailey’s death in…
Gospel truth
‘I’m starting to think that all of the world’s major problems can be solved with either oyster sauce or backing…
The leader of the band
Chris Barber, still going strong with his big band, was born in 1930. He heard jazz as a schoolboy on…
