Daniel Spicer

1 week ago | thequietus.com | John Doran |Daniel Spicer

A half-hour taxi ride inland from Nice on the Côte d’Azur, in the southeast of France, brings you to La Fondation Maeght, an art gallery and museum of modern art perched on a hill overlooking the town of Saint-Paul de Vence. Its interior is spacious and cool. Outside, you can wander among the silent sentinels in the sculpture garden or get lost in a marble, bronze and concrete labyrinth designed by Joan Miró.

2 weeks ago | thewire.co.uk | Francis Gooding |Abi Bliss |Daniel Spicer |Misha Farrant

May 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 494. Inside our brand new issue: aya: New album hexed! explores sobriety and neurodiversity through radical tunings and transformed instruments. By Chal Ravens Satch Hoyt: The one-time Burnt Sugar member’s Un-Muting project opens museum archives of stolen instruments. By Francis Gooding Ailie Ormston: The Glasgow composer moves away from the conservatoire to conduct the sounds of the city.

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Daniel Spicer

Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist’s Guide To Late 20th-Century Underground Music David Keenan White Rabbit Hbk 544 pp David Keenan is now known primarily as a novelist, but those with longer memories will be familiar with his role as an influential music writer and particularly his stint as a regular Wire contributor from the mid-1990s to 2015.

1 month ago | jazzwise.com | Daniel Spicer

Rating: ★★★★ View record and artist details Musicians: Dave Holland (b)Pete Lemer (p)Ray Russell (g)Roy Fry (p)Alan Rushton (d)Ron Mathweson (b) Label: Jazz In Britain JIB-74-S-CD April/2025 Media Format: 2 CD, DL RecordDate: Rec.

1 month ago | everythingjazz.com | Daniel Spicer

You know how it is. You’re in a shop or a café when a tune you recognise comes on in the background. It’s jazz. You’ve heard it a thousand times. You can even whistle the sax solo note for note. Trouble is, you have no idea who it’s by. And you wouldn’t know where to begin finding the album it’s from. Well, don’t worry. Here’s a handy guide to some of the biggest and best loved Blue Note jazz classics you never knew you knew.