STEVE JOHNSON speaks to DJ and singer/songwriter Mark Radcliffe

“IT’S a symbol of tragic beauty, a message conveyed in ominously dark material. Watching its gradual creation inspired me to compose music which merely touches on the myriad of emotions experienced in such devastating loss of life.”
That’s what jazz violinist Faith Brackenbury says of The Knife Angel, the powerful 27-foot tall creation of sculptor Alfie Bradley, who lives near her in Shropshire.

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to vocalist Jacqui Dankworth

CHRIS SEARLE pays tribute to the late South African percussionist, Louis Moholo-Moholo

Re-releases from Bobby Wellins/Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippet/Louis Moholo-Moholo, and Charles Mingus Quintet

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Ethiopian vocalist SOFIA JERNBERG