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Chris Searle
Mujician
Books / 3 June 2026
3 June 2026

CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician

rogers
Interview / 27 May 2026
27 May 2026

Chris Searle speaks to bassist PAUL ROGERS

jalal
Interview / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026

Chris Searle speaks to Syrian/French flautist NAISSAM JALAL

CS albums
Albums reviews / 27 April 2026
27 April 2026

New releases from Otherlands Trio, Isabelle Bodenseh, Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet

Pic: Augustas Didzgalvis/CC
Music / 22 April 2026
22 April 2026

CHRIS SEARLE talks to the celebrated saxophonist COURTNEY PINE

alderbank
Books / 1 April 2026
1 April 2026

CHRIS SEARLE relishes the relevance and sheer poetic dexterity of an excellent imagining of the divided destiny of the Levellers

sanders
Jazz Preview / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026

CHRIS SEARLE urges you not to miss Mark Sanders’ three night residency at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London

anmol
Interview / 25 March 2026
25 March 2026

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Nepali jazz drummer ANMOL MOHARA about tradition, culture, identity, migration and belonging

connection
Interview / 4 March 2026
4 March 2026

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Nicaraguan guitarist OMAR RIOS MELENDEZ

CS
Music / 2 March 2026
2 March 2026

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

stabbins
Interview / 4 February 2026
4 February 2026

Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist LARRY STABBINS

monk
Jazz preview / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026

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

JI
Interview / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

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

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Best of 2025 / 17 December 2025
17 December 2025

CHRIS SEARLE picks his favourite albums of the year

grand union
Music preview / 15 December 2025
15 December 2025

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

cortinas
Interview / 10 December 2025
10 December 2025

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

soweto
Interview / 12 November 2025
12 November 2025

Chris Searle speaks to saxophonist and composer SOWETO KINCH

hargrave
Interview / 5 November 2025
5 November 2025

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

jazz against racism
Books / 28 October 2025
28 October 2025

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

Will Glaser [Pic: Courtesy of Will Glaser]
Interview / 15 October 2025
15 October 2025

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to drummer WILL GLASER

CS
Albums reviews / 10 October 2025
10 October 2025

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

holberry
Books / 28 September 2025
28 September 2025

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

cornish
Interview / 17 September 2025
17 September 2025

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to US pianist Paul Cornish

moholo
Jazz preview / 26 August 2025
26 August 2025

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