Come Hell, high water, winter’s cold snap, and a national railway strike, the Opera North shows still go on. Eight...
The Kronos Quartet has long been part of the vanguard of invention. For 43 years, to be precise, the San...
Advertising “new century talking and singing pictures”, the Assembly Rooms – located on the first floor of the magnificent Leeds...
The musical collaboration between Evelyn Glennie and Trio HLK is a relatively new one, but it is already reaping very...
The UK’s live music industry remains in a parlous state. Decimated by the initial impact of the coronavirus and the...
In a consistently innovative and most impressive recording career that now stretches back almost two decades, Tord Gustavsen last month...
When mention is made of the name Tony Allen it is invariably in the very same breath as Afrobeat for...
For the best part of the last fortnight, the Howard Assembly Room has played host to the Yorkshire Festival and...
“All things considered, this has gone alright, I think?” Looking out into the fully-seated, sold out Howard Assembly Room and...
When you come into the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds Grand Theatre and hear the unforgettable strains of Captain Beefheart’s...
Manchester Collective and Howard Assembly Room have now enjoyed a fruitful working relationship for a number of years. The innovative...
“If it’s me and yer granny on bongos, it’s the Fall.” Thus spoke Mark E. Smith, singer and frontman of the Fall,...
Come the 5th of January 2019 it will be exactly 40 years since Charles Mingus passed away. The legendary composer...
2019 promises to be a very special and most significant year in the history of the Howard Assembly Room. Following...
Volker Bertelmann was last here in this truly exquisite performance space inside Leeds’ opulent Grand Theatre and Opera House in...