Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes :: Unrelated aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/06/02/s... On their fourth LP together, the West Coast duo trades saxophone and bass for synthesized textures, artificial tones, and strange tropical pulse. A wobbly set that ventures deeper into the Uncanny Valley.

There is no limit to the amount of drilling and sawing that people have to do on quiet Sunday mornings. They must all have limitless books and things to put on the shelves they are putting up.

The excellent RTT (Real Time Trains) website now has an app! It shows how any British train performed up to 2 weeks ago, shows planned rolling stock for any given train, and shows the *planned* platform so you can be positioned ready, ahead of the scrum (includes Eurostar).

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

Here's a #GiftLink to this New York Times obit of Sonny Rollins: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/a...

“My wishes for the planet in 2024: No killing. No killing. Don't kill anyone, anywhere, for any reason. -S.R.” Tweeted by Sonny Rollins on Dec 31, 2023

💔🎶✨🕊️💫🎷🙌🏾

a literal giant.

RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century

Join us TONIGHT 21/5 at The Lescar for Emma Coates, a wonderful saxophonist/vocalist, visiting us with a brilliant band (Tom McEwen - guitar, Nika Ticciati - bass, Louis Berthoud - drums). Here's a recent recording from Brudenell in Leeds. Doors 8pm, £10 / £7 students. youtu.be/FnmUYG8shzY?...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Evening stroll soundtrack: stirring jazz presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social @bbcsounds.bsky.social

More information, press reviews and links to buy #JoinTheFuture here: jointhefuture.net/book/

Liyoze Line Nangakithi · Nduduzo Makhathini · Shabaka Hutchings youtu.be/-qkuB5hROIU?...

New music from Sheffield! Look Outside EP by Miserychords (James Peacock). ditto.fm/look-outside...

You may have seen a fair bit about Daniel Dylan Wray’s new history of music in Sheffield, ‘Groovy, Laidback & Nasty’. It’s a great book and well worth reading - I heartily recommend it. When you’re done with that, grab my book, #JoinTheFuture - plenty more Steel City fare in that

"Whatever I’m feeling while I’m making the album, is whatever I’m feeling, but sometimes I don’t realise what that is until I’ve gotten out of producer mode. I listen to the album later, and then the feelings are clear..." Miho Hatori Interviews Loraine James... and Vice Versa buff.ly/VX0KE3q

The Sleeves album on @12xurecs.bsky.social is so good and so unlike anything else rn. Great chat btwn them and @chrisrichards.bsky.social here. thefutureisourstomake.substack.com/p/open-to-an...

A magical night at the Keystones Piano Festival in the Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield. Brilliantly organised by @jazzteabeer.bsky.social and the ace Jazz At The Lescar team. Great news... Corey Mwamba is back! ❤️

My spring round up of hot new #jazz releases and tasty reissues/archival albums is up now on POW Mag. Featuring reviews of: Tomeka Reid, Aaron Shaw, Walter Smith III, Asher Gamedze, Harriet Tubman, Joe Henderson, Cecil Taylor, Julius Hemphill, Roy Hargrove.

So the war was quite literally pointless. All around the world they're rationing energy, there are food shortages, people are suffering and dying, all for absolutely fucking nothing.

Trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and guitarist/composer @maryhalvorson.bsky.social have released "Blood & Sand," from their forthcoming album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings,' due June 12. You can hear it at akinmusirehalvorson.lnk.to/slomoneon

Our Sheffield-based community media platform, @nowthenmag.bsky.social, recently announced long-awaited plans to return to print. In part two of our 'History of Now Then' series on the Opus Blog, we explore how the magazine evolved over its first 12 years in print ⤵️ #Sheffield #IndependentMedia

This will, in all likelihood, be the last full-length collection that we publish. It's a fine book: as good as any we've put out in the last twenty years.

Bud Powell.

It's #bandcampfriday! Here's some music that I recorded last year with Hannah Brady (clarinet/sax) and Nicola Farnon (cello/pedals) at the Samuel Worth Chapel in Sheffield. whaledetective.bandcamp.com/album/whale-...

'Spring bluebells' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

Not long now, and we're so looking forward to this...

Joe Lovano, Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano, & Will Calhoun • Paramount Quartet May 29 • ECM ecm.lnk.to/paramountqua...

Love this 🙏

Join us for this!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: worlds within worlds within worlds of jazz presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Dr. Gladys West built the mathematical foundation for GPS from a Navy lab in 1956. One of four Black employees. A hidden figure no more. 95 years. What a life. Rest well, Dr. West. 🤎 #DrGladysWest #SistahScifi #BlackExcellence

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...