THIS IS A SCAM Just heard today about some shit faced c*nt on Facebook.. asking for funding for my husband (Robert Wyatt) saying he's critically ill in hospital and touting for money for him. Hope no-one's fallen for it. He's ill at home and not asking for money

The first three paragraphs of this tribute to the late Lou Donaldson are a beautiful example of how jazz has been passed down through the generations: ukjazznews.com/remembering-lo…

60 years ago today on December 11, 1964 saxophonist #SamRivers recorded his striking debut album "Fuchsia Swing Song" featuring Jaki Byard on piano, Ron Carter on bass & Tony Williams on drums. Listen or get the Classic Vinyl Edition: bluenote.lnk.to/SamRivers-Fuch…

OUT NOW! The wait is over the glorious 20 disc 'Still Barking' Box Set is out now on Madfish ! There are some phenomenal media reviews coming in, which is wonderful. 7 years in the making, a true labour of love. If you'd like to pick up a copy BonzoDog.lnk.to/Still_Barking

#NowPlaying Michael Mantler • Silence (1977) There's a style called Easy Listening Music. And then there's Uneasy Listening Music... Chris Spedding's guitar work on this album is absolutely stunning. And one can't not love Robert Wyatt too much.

Baden-Baden Free Jazz Meeting 1970 youtube.com/watch?v=R96oSJ…

9 yrs ago I enthusiastically reviewed DYLAN GOES ELECTRIC! by Elijah Wald; no doubt thanks to me it has now become a hit movie I clearly have the power so now I demand an HBO series based on ELECTRIC EDEN Rob Young's utterly brilliant history of UK folk music in the 60s 👇

Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra Live at ØYA 2023 Full Concert youtube.com/watch?v=wpGTQr…

All the best to Robert Wyatt, 80 years today!

Happy 80th birthday, Robert Wyatt! For our Uncut+ subscribers: when Wyatt celebrated his 75th birthday, he invited Uncut round for a chat. Over carrot cake, we heard tales of the Soft Machine, Pink Floyd and Wyatt's own wide-ranging musical appetites... uncut.co.uk/uncut-plus/rob…

Happy 80th birthday to my lovely husband Reminding us that 'Palestine's a country' in a song recorded 33 years ago. Robert Wyatt - Dondestan youtu.be/1rGWmABU4qA?si… via YouTube

Bells! Trumpets! Banners! Dancing in the street! Robert Wyatt is 80 today. Here's something I wrote after visiting him last summer: thebluemoment.com/2024/07/01/on-…

Mike Ratledge, the Soft Machine founding member and keyboardist, has died pitchfork.com/news/mike-ratl…

Tom Robbins, the best-selling novelist whose early books defined the 1960s for a generation and whose publishing career spanned more than 50 years, has died. st.news/4hrT8Hm

A formidably well-researched account of Wheeler’s life and times. The book probably gets as near the heart of the music as writing can. UK Jazz News UK Jazz News Greenleaf Music Royal Academy of Music Frost School of Music at the University of Miami Alyn Shipton

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On the occasion of her 90th birthday, the fateful and influential 1959 debut album of folk revival singer Shirley Collins returns to circulation with a first vinyl edition in a generation... ✨ bit.ly/439E1w5

Happy 90th birthday, Shirley Collins! ❤️ One of the most important voices and stewards in British folk music - turns 90 years old today. To celebrate, Domino is pleased to share a new version of “Hares on the Mountain”. ➡️ dominomusic.com/news/uk/shirle…

The Real McGregor (Chris McGregor, The Blue Notes, Johnny Dyani, Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, Ronnie Beer) youtube.com/watch?v=TC0Coq…