Photograph: Crowns & Owls J Hus Big Conspiracy Here, it’s warm, spirited and even funny.” Read the full review.
What we said: “Does what all good jazz does it carries on a musical discourse which it invites you to follow.
This set, with lungfuls of air in the spaces between Bley, bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard, is witty and warm with just a hint of bossa nova at times, plus a quiet political fervour in its presumably ironic snatch of Hail to the Chief. Carla Bley Trio Life Goes OnĪt 82, Bley is playing with a spryness and intention that younger musicians could learn a lot from. What we said: “A marvel … this album is a masterpiece.” Read the full review. An American living in Manchester, there are workaday references to Nando’s, Rachel Riley, Crewe and a smoothie stand in the Arndale Centre, summoning bathos that chafes against acute emotional struggles. Long a hero to indie heads, BC Camplight is justly getting wider attention with this rich and entertaining record, one of the best reviewed of the year. What we said: “Not so much an album as a sudden glorious eruption after eight long years, an urgent desire to be heard.” Read the full review.
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