Ammar Kalia

In the first months of the UK’s spring 2020 lockdown, Jennifer Doyle, a teacher and single mother, was at a low point. “I was in a bit of...

Debit – The Long Count There is an uncanniness in listening to a musical instrument you have never heard being played for the first time....

A minute into Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ 1959 standard Moanin’, its bluesy piano refrain is blown open by the piercing burst of...

Nubya Garcia is finally back on tour. After two years of coronavirus-related delays and endless rescheduling, the saxophonist and...

Although, mercifully, still rare, there are signs that wild animal attacks on humans are increasing. Research from the scientific journal...

For the past 20 years there have been a handful of constants in my life: my family, my best friend and Neighbours. Not neighbours like...

It has been 10 years since I last stalled a car. I was 18 and drifting across several lanes of an A-road roundabout while my driving test...

10. Sarah Haras - Mirage Bahraini experimental producer Sarah Haras meanders between ambience and aggression on Mirage, warping the...

Polystyrene snow, MDF grottos, stomach-churning rides and Santas with scratchy fake beards: as Christmas nears, ’tis the season for...

Each day we have so many choices to make and we are constantly improvising them, just like playing jazz,” says the drummer-composer...