The legendary musician’s modest comments are a far cry from his former firebrand notions of the definition of jazz.
This is the author to read if you want an epic adventure told in words that leap off the page.
A static, nationalistic approach to literature and music ‘is bankrupt’.
You start to suspect that jazz in Jo’burg might really be dead when players start penning elegies for it. That’s exactly what Marcus Wyatt has done.
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.