The Joy of Jazz Festival has been relatively successful when it comes to numbers — now it is working on the vibe.
<b>Gwen Ansell </b>talks genres and urban fictions with Lauren Beukes, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award for her ‘muti noir’ novel <i>Zoo City</i>.
Imagery of microcosm and macrocosm haunts Ian McDonald’s new novel, <i>The Dervish House</i>, set in Istanbul in 2027.
Jazz fans come together to hear and make the sounds of the old, the new and the future.
Composers take issue with the establishment’s narrow focus on traditional classical music.
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/ 28 January 2011
Physics, werewolves and the Laundry: Gwen Ansell rates new speculative fiction.
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/ 10 December 2010
Looking at Khaya Mahlangu’s career, heading up an orchestra is a natural progression.
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/ 18 November 2010
Gwen Ansell voyages from a city of mysterious sentient mushrooms to a war going on among the Culture worlds.
New influences are constantly developing the genre and debunking its role as ‘tribal’ music
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/ 19 October 2010
<strong>Gwen Ansell</strong> reviews <i>Wolfsange</i>, <i>The Fuller Memorandum</i> and <i>Wireless</i>