Photo: Justin Turford
A remarkable and emotional evening with South Africa’s greatest living jazz musician, Abdullah Ibrahim. A Cape Town legend with the entire story of his life and country at his fingertips, played the piano without amplification to a sold out Barbican Centre for the 30th edition of the EFG London Jazz Festival and it was a singular experience that will live with me forever. Read / Listen
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An extraordinary musical and human encounter that started at the Barbican Centre and ended the next day at the Total Refreshment Centre. An all star cast from the Chicago label International Anthem and some of the brightest talents from the UK’s jazz and improvisational music community came together for a celebratory musical communion that will be long talked about. Read / Listen
Read MoreThe New Regency Orchestra is a twenty-piece Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble made up of some of London’s hottest jazz musicians and our good friend Oli Brunetti (Olindo Records / Colectivo Futuro) was lucky enough to catch them live as part of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival. Check out his excellent review here…
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Being invited to review this show by the great Kurdish-Turkish singer Aynur as part of the 2021 edition of the EFG London Jazz Festival turned out to be a gift for the ages as the great wood-panelled hall of the Barbican Centre became a triumphant celebration of Kurdish song and culture. Read our review of this spectacular event
Read MoreI was asked to do a ‘live’ review of Julie Campiche’s performance at the online EFG London Jazz Festival and I’m so pleased I was as this is stunning. Read the review and watch the performance here…
Read MoreAuthor Matthew Collin will be in conversation with Truth & Lies Music's Justin Turford, in-store at Rough Trade Nottingham, launching 'Rave On - Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music', published 11th January 2018, via: Serpent's Tail (Profile Books)
Read MoreAce snapper Nick Clague took some shots of the Silent Disco that we curated and ran for this year's awesome Hockley Hustle festival in Nottingham!
Read MoreFor the inaugural Houghton Festival, Truth & Lies are going to explore ‘Revolution & Change in Venezuela and the Tropics’ through films, talks, design and crates of the funkiest music in the World! (read more to find out what we will be up to...)
Read MoreSome photos from our Yard Party at Rough trade Nottingham for Record Store Day 2017
Read MoreRave Against Racism is an organisation that aims to raise awareness about racism worldwide and the current rise of the far right in the UK and Europe. Their angle is through the world of clubbing and it’s ‘all are welcome’ attitude whether you are black, white, gay, straight, freak or football fan! Ex-Friendly chats with co-founder Jock Lee...
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