h/t Jorge Rossy

We'll be among the 60+ poetry publishers at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair on Saturday 25 April: hope to see you there. St Columba’s Hall, Pont Street, London, SW1X 0BD (near Knightsbridge & South Kensington tubes). 12pm-6.30pm. Free entry. Further info: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/free-v...

New music from Life Aquatic Band! lifeaquaticband.bandcamp.com/track/summer...

We just sent humans around the Moon and back. Just imagine what we could achieve as a species if all our leaders believed in science.

It may seem like nerdy detail that the increasing weight of cars is worsening potholes, but it matters. The car makers push to sell wider and heavier cars is increasing road maintenance costs and that affects us all. Not to mention worse crash outcomes and less space to pass (wider) parked cars.

wild song on an album full of them~ wendyeisenberg.bandcamp.com/track/old-my...

Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social top Apple Music's Outer Orbits playlist with "Soundcheck," from their upcoming album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings'! 🔊 music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

À brilliant independant bookshop that could do with a few more sales this month. Hit them up afroribooks.co.uk

Taupe! Check out their new album at the link below if you like jazz, rock, improvised music etc. #Music #MusicSky #NewMusic

It has now been five weeks since the noted noise/drone musician Siavash Amini posted from where he lives in Tehran. Any number of reasons might be why. We do not know. Again, please consider investigating his work.

Come on then, and remove him.

Join us in #Cambridge next Saturday to celebrate our 50th Listen! gathering. We'd love to see you there! #sylvie+ursula #livemusic #newmusic #beinspired #bringafriend

Using Spotify is just as bad as using X, in some aspects, even more consequential: Spotify is actively killing music, not just exploiting musicians. All other streaming platforms are better, and have as wide a choice. Migrating your playlists is dead easy. Please leave that evil platform - now.

Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings @nonesuch.com @maryhalvorson.bsky.social music.apple.com/us/album/sou...

Join us in Cambridge on Saturday 11th April and celebrate the release of Sylvie + Ursula's wonderful debut album 'New Eve'! Find out more and get your tickets at: www.listencambridge.com/sylvie-ursula/ #newmusic #livemusic #beinspired #buytickets #bringafriend

Coming up at Jazz at The Lescar… www.jazzatthelescar.com/index.html

#NowPlaying #5debutalbums1519 Vula Viel - Good is Good vulaviel.bandcamp.com/album/good-i...

You can find Longbarrow Press at the following book fairs in the coming weeks: States of Independence, Leicester, Saturday 28 March Free Verse: Poetry Book Fair, London, Saturday 25 April Book Market, SIBFest, Sheffield, Sunday 26 April Free, all welcome. Further info: longbarrowpress.com/events/

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

Olie Brice Quartet - Wood or Sea, live at the Bath Jazz Weekend January 2026 youtu.be/lPXQRyus3Oo?...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: outstanding music presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social Good to hear Keith Tippett! @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Saw Alice Zawadski's trio play @sheffielduni.bsky.social this week. An absolutely magical show. #SheffieldJazz

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: a superb concert set by Alice Zawadski presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social @bbcsounds.bsky.social

The new Jason Moran album, Jason Moran Plays Duke Ellington, is INCREDIBLE. Worth the purchase price for the 13-minute version of "Black And Tan Fantasy" alone. Cecil Taylor, who *worshipped* Ellington, would nod in understanding. jasonmoran.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...

Last few days for our 3-hardbacks-for-£32 offer. Three 'watery' books: Steve Ely's 'Eely' (the Sargasso Sea to the English fens); Fay Musselwhite's 'Contraflow' (Sheffield's river valleys); Matthew Clegg's 'The Navigators' (the Lake District to the North Sea).

I've read rumors that saxophonist Carlos Ward has died, but yet to see it confirmed. In any case, Ward has had a fascinating career, enjoying crative stints w/e.g. Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim, Carla Bley, Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen as well as BT Express. + he's great on this: youtu.be/vIkRvdJqj64...

RIP Carlos Ward (1940-2026) Sadly, I have yet to see a proper obituary anywhere (& he died in mid-January), but here is a good remembrance

Kaufmann / Dunston / Portugal Live from Berlin @ Bonello Studio, Berlin | 2025 Achim Kaufmann - piano 🇩🇪 Nick Dunston - bass 🇺🇸 Mariá Portugal - drums & percussion 🇧🇷

Just two days ago, Ogun Records announced they'd discovered a small batch of original 1977 pressings of Mark Charig's wonderful Pipedream. A snip at £15, it's just arrived. The LPs quickly sold out, but you can still buy the reissued CD here: markcharig.bandcamp.com/album/pipedr...

Coming up at The Lescar!

This is an absolute gem... mesmerising spontaneous music, beautifully recorded in Sheffield's Samuel Worth chapel. Give it a listen, buy a copy, and help support the 2026 #KeystonesPianoFestival - it's ace!

This was recorded live last May, w/ two wonderful friends Hannah Brady (clarinets) & Nicola Farnon (cello) as part of the Sheffield #KeystonesPianoFestival, which runs again this year from 8th May. 1/3 of sales from this up to 31st May will help fund it whaledetective.bandcamp.com/album/whale-...

Farewell to French composer Éliane Radigue (1932-2026) who taught us the radical power of slowness, of patience, and attention stretched to the threshold of perception. Her work will continue to resonate—slowly, endlessly—like a tone that never quite fades.

Get involved, it's a lovely space to be in.

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

Coming up at The Lescar in Sheffield. Join us for these - so much wonderful music happening in Feb and March. Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm, £10 or £7 for students. Jazz and improvised music every Wednesday. www.jazzatthelescar.com

I thought I would test out the new @bandcamp.com links for you... with a new live recording of @jazzteabeer.bsky.social... from a gig at #KeynotesPianoFestival #SamuelWorthChapel in May 2025... ⅓ of sales will help to fund this years festival... whaledetective.bandcamp.com/album/whale-...

Maria Chavez

This patch of astroturf actually makes me smile... every time I walk past our local sports centre... They put it here ~5yr ago...replacing a patch of weeds... & look what is happening... nature is reclaiming it... & turning it into a beautiful moss lawn... @shitlawns.bsky.social @jackwallington.com

Less than a week to go until Two Ship #20 - feels like quite a landmark! I'm really looking forward to playing with the amazing Saadet Türköz for the first time www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-ship

Self-improvement longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Earliest preserved whale song discovered in the WHOI archives youtu.be/U929U5KcWNk?...

Gray Audograph 🐳🐋 www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Looking forward to hearing this music by Pat Thomas and Mark Fell again. Recorded at a gig in Firth Hall in Sheffield last year (also I was late and missed most of the first set!) blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/realit...

This recording by Mark Fell & Pat Thomas is quite something… blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/realit...