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

New releases from Cuban pianist Aruan Ortiz, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, and London pianist Geoff Castle

CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a new book that makes working class history come alive in a true story of human flesh and aspiration

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to US pianist Paul Cornish

CHRIS SEARLE encourages you to go hear a landmark performance, and introduces some of the musicians