Ammar Kalia

The muse can be a fickle thing to find, but Nida Manzoor’s inspiration has always been close to home. “My sister, Sanya, is only a year...

The six years since the release of Leslie Feist’s last album, Pleasure, have been momentous ones for the Canadian singer-songwriter. She...

Dave Okumu is concerned about community. “Everyone is encouraged to go down a solitary road at the moment, where other people don’t...

Forty-five years ago, audiences first glimpsed the sun-kissed, palm-lined campus of Rydell High, the school setting for the movie musical...

Ale Hop & Laura Robles – Agua Dulce The cajón contains a radical history. The box-shaped percussion instrument is now commonly used in...

“We played for three days straight with no notes on the page and no repeats. There were 12 musicians in the room, just listening and...

“I’m pretty damn persistent,” Marley Munroe laughs. “It’s been a long, often gruelling road, but I’m finally here.” Munroe, AKA Lady...

Over the past decade, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings has established himself as one of the most powerful voices in British improvised...

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily – Love in Exile Since her 2015 debut Bird Under Water, Pakistani American singer Arooj Aftab...

It is 41 years since US trumpeter Terence Blanchard first took to the stage at London’s Ronnie Scott’s. In 1982, Blanchard was a young...