CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Nicaraguan guitarist OMAR RIOS MELENDEZ

Releases from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Maggie Nicols/Robert Mitchell/Alya Al Sultani, and Gordon Beck Trio and Quintet

Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist LARRY STABBINS

CHRIS SEARLE urges you not to miss two powerful performers playing three nights that will celebrate the great pianist/composer Thelonious Monk

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Filipino-US saxophonist JON IRABAGON about the threat of AI in the time of Musk and Trump, and how an artist can respond

CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourite albums of the year

CHRIS SEARLE recommends an upcoming concert by the leading exponent of cross-cultural music-making in Britain

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Mexican/Uruguayan drummer GUSTAVO CORTINAS about the ecological conscience expressed in his new album

Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist and composer SOWETO KINCH

Chris Searle speaks to producer/film-maker RITA HARGRAVE about the new album Renegade Queens

CHRIS SEARLE relishes an account of the years when a black American music carried a message of anti-racism and class struggle

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to drummer WILL GLASER