Coming up next week! Excited to present DECOY - the powerhouse trio of John Edwards (bass), Alexander Hawkins (hammond organ) and Steve Noble (drums) for an unmissable three-day residency featuring special guests, Jason Yarde, Camila Nebbia and Xhosa Cole. cafeoto.co.uk/events/decoy-r…

Shopping done, 2nd batch of washing on the go, and catching up with Ilford HS admin stuff. The fun never stops here...but I am giving the superb new album by Héloïse Werner another spin. Available from DELPHIAN delphianrecords.com/products/heloi…

A couple of fab pieces from the last music we'd like to hear performed by Angharad Davies , Mark Knoop , Tim Parkinson & Apartment House & Mira Benjamin

Spring in Ostia Antica. Such a wonderful #Roman site!

*knock at the door* Ooh, look what just arrived from Italy! Lovely stuff...

Essex throwing a game away that was there for the winning I see...

*checks date* Oh...it's that time of the year again! youtube.com/watch?v=S5xAts…

*** News from the IHS *** Our first talk of this season will be given by CoL guide Eleanor Bloom on the subject of Jewry in Medieval London. Next Monday 12th Sept 7 for 7:30pm.

“I want every child to have the chance I had” ⭐ Errollyn Wallen reflects on her new role as Master of the King's Music and determination to advocate for music education 🎻 Saturday Morning now available on BBC Sounds 🎧 bbc.in/3XrzWlr 📷 Azzurra Primavera

Giving a talk to the Woodford Green Amenity Group about the area they live in & using a lot of material from Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre was a little bit of a challenge but it seemed to go down well this evening.

When academic publishers ditched footnotes for endnotes.

Zewditu Gebreyohanes ፡ ዘውዲቱ The Telegraph National Trust Zewditu, you ask where did Restore Trust criticise the NT for ‘woke scones’. Here, for example, in the Daily Mail: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

65 already? How the hell did that happen??* Anyway, off to Tate Britain later to have a wander round - it's been a while. * Yes I know how - I got older but maybe not any wiser...

I released this album for gamelan, synths, and piano 6 months ago on Birmingham Record Company NMC Recordings. Maybe you’d like to check it out for Bandcamp Friday? seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/four-sec…

OUT NOW! For the very first time on limited edition CD, Graham Collier's portrait of The West Riding. A series of compositions originally commissioned for the 1970 Bradford Arts Festival. britprogjazz.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-bl… #Jazz #JazzRock #JazzFusion #Poetry

Inspired guess today after yesterday's Phew! Wordle 1,175 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I loved Slower/Talker so the follow-up was eagerly awaited. Well worth the wait - The Primordian Pieces is such a great album. Buy!

It's Bandcamp Friday! August was busy with an album & EP released, both by@laurarecorder The ALBUM brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-ritu… EP brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ghostlore & brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/limited-… To celebrate here's 10% OFF this wknd. Use the code 'highjoyart10' 📷

Big show announcement alert! A two day residency for Brazilian legend Egberto Gismonti on the 5 & 6 of November 2024. On sale to OTO members on Monday. Sign up to membership here: cafeoto.co.uk/membership/ven…

Your reminder that County players are playing far less cricket than ever before but in a far longer season. Can't be right that when the season was generally finished by now, Essex still have 3 x CC matches left! And look how little they play in the height of summer.