The musical collaboration between Evelyn Glennie and Trio HLK is a relatively new one, but it is already reaping very...
The Howard Assembly Room is a 350-capacity performance venue, rehearsal space and educational centre that lies within the Grade II-listed...
Joan Wasser is a musical chameleon. Having appropriated her stage name from the 70’s American television cop series Police Woman...
For those who inhabit the world of popular music the name of the Brodsky Quartet is probably familiar due to...
Life is not always like this but tonight, for a couple of hours at least, it is such a beautiful...
Come the 5th of January 2019 it will be exactly 40 years since Charles Mingus passed away. The legendary composer...
On Simone Felice’s previous visits to Leeds he has invariably played at the Brudenell Social Club. Performing tonight in the tranquil serenity...
When mention is made of the name Tony Allen it is invariably in the very same breath as Afrobeat for...
If The Gambia wasn’t already on our list of possible holiday destinations then for those of us who are fortunate...
To spend time like this in the musical company of Bill Frisell is seriously good fun. For a man who...
“All things considered, this has gone alright, I think?” Looking out into the fully-seated, sold out Howard Assembly Room and...
In what is by now a well established line of notable firsts, the Howard Assembly Room tonight hosts the world...
Based in Leeds, Opera North is England’s award winning national opera company in the North. And it has just announced...
With his shock of untamed corkscrew hair, little round glasses and unassuming air of quiet distraction, you could quite easily...
It was during my teenage years that I first became aware of the music of Gavin Bryars. In 1975 Brian...