This is the Howard Assembly Room’s first live musical show of 2017 and what a start to the year it turns...
With its roots immersed in ancient Persia, qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music that now stretches back for...
The alacrity with which tickets for this show flew out of the Howard Assembly Room door is but one small indicator...
To spend time like this in the musical company of Bill Frisell is seriously good fun. For a man who...
If The Gambia wasn’t already on our list of possible holiday destinations then for those of us who are fortunate...
“Impeach Trump.” The message emblazoned on the huge button pinned to guitarist Marc Ribot’s jacket is clear for all to see. When...
“Can I have a good time tonight?” Courtney Pine is the man asking the question and the sell-out audience in...
The longest day of the year is here. The sun has finally reached its highest altitude of the year and...
Life is not always like this but tonight, for a couple of hours at least, it is such a beautiful...
For those who inhabit the world of popular music the name of the Brodsky Quartet is probably familiar due to...
Advertising “new century talking and singing pictures”, the Assembly Rooms – located on the first floor of the magnificent Leeds...
In one month’s time, This Is Not This Heat will take to the Howard Assembly Room stage. A direct descendent...
It was during my teenage years that I first became aware of the music of Gavin Bryars. In 1975 Brian...
With his shock of untamed corkscrew hair, little round glasses and unassuming air of quiet distraction, you could quite easily...
Based in Leeds, Opera North is England’s award winning national opera company in the North. And it has just announced...