Improvised Music Company

‘You’re playing like a girl’: Why is jazz still so male?

Oddly for a genre that prizes freedom and self-expression, jazz is an undeniable patriarchy. This week’s Ban Bam concerts move the spotlight to women

Tue Jan 16 2024 - 05:15

The best jazz concerts to go to in Ireland this week

Music with pizza in the Liberties, a festival in the Donegal Gaeltacht

Sat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00

‘In jazz, the piano gets to do what guitars get to do in rock’

Ahead of his Ireland gigs, Craig Taborn talks about the influences that shaped his style

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 05:00

The 12 Points plan: a high-risk jazz venture where all acts are equal

The jazz festival – this year in Umea in Sweden – puts 12 new acts on stage with equal billing and charges just €20 for a ticket. The crowds are open-minded and the artists are wary of genre

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00

Review: 12 Points day three

The final day of the jazz festival sees six acts stretch their abilities and their musical definitions

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 14:27

Review 12 Points day two: Five38; Foyn Trio; Lab Trio

Day two sees artists from Paris, Belgium and Norway roll into Umea

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 17:36

Culture Shock: It took years to build our arts sector. Now it’s being destroyed

We talk about the importance of the arts in the national conversation, yet conversation about the policy to shape the arts themselves is barely audible

Sat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00