SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: September 9, 2024
New releases from David Grubb, Bright Eyes and Trygve Seim, Frode Haltli
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to the performance artist and costumier, Leigh Bowery
SIMON DUFF reviews a new composition by German composer and pianist Florian Weber that blurs the line between where improvisation ends and composition begins
New releases from The Jim Mullen Quartet, Caroline Kraabel/John Edwards, and Matthew Muneses/Riza Printup
David Grubb
Circadia
(Cambrian Records)
★★★★
WELSH label Cambrian Records continues to put out top quality contemporary folk, the latest of which is the marvellous new David Grubb album.
An instrumental concept set about the sleep cycle, it’s an ambitious, often surprising listen. The Scottish composer plays violin, viola, mandolin, singing saw and the Theremin, and is joined by a band of talented musicians who enable him to realise his sonic vision.
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