MUSICAL MYSTERIES of MINIMALISM
The London Sinfonietta is one of the world’s finest contemporary music ensembles with a reputation built on cutting-edge programming and virtuosic performances.
BOOKS ON DEXYS
Dexys Midnight Runners did things differently. They were surly. They were serious. They were ambitious, but success had to come on their terms.
OH, COME ON EILEEN
Nobody knew I was there and… I didn’t really dance, but I watched everyone else dance to it and that was good.”
THE (MUSICAL) GENERATION GAME:
In 2004 the country legend, Loretta Lynn, paired up with Jack White (formerly of The White Stripes 9 top produce a joyful, inspiring album entitled Van Lear Rose.
FOLLOWING FESTIVALS
You can find out more details at the festival website: MMFVT.org. I promise you that this musical journey will be moving, exciting and enriching.
HOUSE OF MUSIC
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason is a former lecturer at Birmingham University and the mother of seven children. The third eldest, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, was BBC Young Musician 2016 and performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The siblings have performed at the 2018 BAFTA ceremony, Britain’s Got Talent, The Royal Variety Performance and at major concert halls around the world.
Beethoven Triple Concerto by SHEKU KANNEH-MASON
It’s a piece full of so much spirit, playfulness and life,
JIVE TALK FROM JAZZ JUNCTION
All music lovers should have a read of La Rocola Del Bar Rumba, Larry´s account of his previous life working in the recording industry in Germany and in England. He worked at a level that saw him become a key member of A & M records
ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL
Powers meets the challenge that Mitchell issues at the end of her “California,” “Will you take me as I am? Will you?” She says, “I hope that I’ve transgressed—that’s what a self-made original like Mitchell would have wanted.” Powers does the dance, she twirls Mitchell in her very own loops within loops.
New Jazz at JAZZ JUNCTION
Donny McCaslin continues his journey of musical exploration and innovations, the foundations of which he laid down with 2023’s I Want More, with his latest single, "KID."