BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What’s a percussion instrument? Perhaps a drum springs to mind. Or cymbals, glockenspiel, or — if you’re feeling adventurous — tubular bells. […]
BY CUTCOMMON As the weather gets colder, you could stay home and wrap yourself up in a blanket, blasting the air con while you watch […]
BY LILY BRYANT It can be hard to adequately capture in words the feeling of making music with other people. It’s an in-between feeling, as […]
BY CUTCOMMON What do Philip Glass, Jane Austen, and Nat Bartsch have in common? Not much at all. And that’s exactly why we’ve chosen them […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, CHRISTOPHER LEON In a normal concerto, the soloist will begin with a familiar routine. “You come on, you shake hands with the […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The first time I hit ‘play’ on Erwan Keravec’s recordings, I find it hard to convince myself that I’m listening to a […]
BY LILY BRYANT At my local pub, there’s a jazz gig every Sunday afternoon. Over three hours, the punters will shuffle from Newtown’s King Street […]
BY CUTCOMMON Are you ready to start your year with live music? In 2024, we rounded up some of the top events hitting the stages […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Eleanor Lyons likes to think of chamber music with the same warmth as a “handwritten letter or a home-baked cake”. Unlike the […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Booked your tickets for that concert you were thinking of attending? Great. Now you just need to figure out how you’ll get […]
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