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Guitar player’s latest album is a sprawling cinematic epic, if not always successful
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Gwilym Simcock: ‘I have always struggled with performance anxiety’
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National Concert Hall needs to go beyond classical music
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Magnus Öström: ‘It’s stupid to be a drummer and have your own band’
After his friend and EST bandmate Esbjörn Svensson died in 2008, Öström stopped playing music. Three solo albums later, he is getting used to being a frontman
Singer Joni Mitchell ‘alert’ despite coma claims
Official website refutes claim that folk singer is unconscious, says full recovery expected
John Scofield: ‘Be honest, play what’s inside, steal from everyone you can’
Over dinner in downtown Manhattan, the guitarist talks about what he learned growing up in the heady days of New York’s jazz scene
Is jazz dead? It smells just fine to Brad Mehldau
The pianist doesn’t believe in fidelity to an ensemble or genre, having been influenced by classical, pop and rock, but jazz is the default lens through which he views his art
Getting schooled by Chris Dave – the ‘most dangerous drummer alive’
Chris Dave has a client list that includes Beyoncé, Adele and D’Angelo – and now he’s bringing his Drumhedz outfit to Dublin
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