Michael Tilson Thomas obituary American conductor who brought high-octane dynamism to performances by the London Symphony Orchestra The Guardian - UK · Apr 26
BBCNOW/Paterson/Wills review – from Joyce’s muse to Point Reyes’s whirling birds Simon Wills’s new concertante ballet, premiered here, proved engaging but too discursive in a concert that also featured Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails and Ives’ first symphony The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024
“Django Reinhardt was our god – I played a Selmer Maccaferri-style guitar, grew a mustache, wore a suit... the whole thing”: Big Thief’s Buck Meek names 10 guitarists who shaped his sound The understated indie guitar hero is well-versed in blues and jazz tradition, but also takes inspiration from Marc Ribot, Connie Converse... and The Shaggs’ Dorothy “Dot” Wiggin Guitar World · Jan 4, 2024
Marc-André Hamelin review – pianist rises to the extreme challenges of Ives’s Concord Sonata Hamelin took the extreme technical difficulties of Ives’s sonata entirely in his stride, finding beauty in its most tangled moments The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023
Peter Dickinson obituary Composer, academic and broadcaster who focused on American experimental music and pioneered the teaching of jazz in Britain The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023
BBCNOW/Bancroft review – Adams’ colossal Harmonielehre is full of colour, drama and life Ryan Bancroft and the National Orchestra of Wales were superb in works by Ives and Adams; Szymanowki’s glittering Violin Concerto, a less obvious choice for the “American” programme, was passionately realised by Bomsori Kim The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Let’s Turn It Into Sound review – glistening arpeggios and heavenly vocals While tracks frequently change tempo, key and mood, and discordant elements overlap, occasionally the cacophony sounds sublime The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022