Our recent recommendations for Strange Brew
Sell out warning! Berlin hot shit jazz fusion trio stepping on Robert Glasper’s sophisto toes with their own deft broken beat / boom-bap inflected propulsion, florid funk bass fills and collabs with rappers like ENNY. This is bop for the broad-listening brigade! FFO: Emma-Jean Thackray, Madlib, R+R=NOW, Joe Armon-Jones.
Moses Yoofee Trio at Strange Brew.
A true tenor innovator, Dave Brubeck’s right hand saxman brings his inimitable post-bop quartet to the Brew for a seated evening of jazz excellence and exuberance. A rare chance to commune with one of the greats!
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet at Strange Brew.
Virtuosic, otherworldly alt-folk from one of the world’s only Welsh triple harpists: Cerys Hafana transmutes traditional Celtic ballads into haunting sonic tapestries, full of cinematic scope and experimental textures. Ancient roots with modern resonance FFO: Lankum, Gwenno, Lisa Knapp, This Is The Kit.
Cerys Hafana at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! A tireless critic of the political status quo that feeds the capitalist war machine, Jeremy Corbyn will be in person discussing a devastating new volume of essays with Rhona Michie. Monstrous Anger of the Guns lays bare the lies we’re fed to justify state-sponsored genocide and demystifies the mechanisms of profit whirring behind closed Westminster doors.
Monstrous Anger of the Guns with Jeremy Corbyn at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! Quicksilver avant-rap crew Cold Light coax a rare solo set from Portishead visionary Adrian Utley. He’s sitting stately atop an ear-watering gathering of experimental sounds from ethereal dreamer Bethany Ley, Eldon’s cosmic dread-cyphers, sultry astral-bass from Birthmark, Civilistjävel’s droning synth oblivions + way too much to mention. You’d be a fool to swerve this...
Adrian Utley +++ at Strange Brew.