Take Five

Five things worth sharing this week:

• Terry Cox, formerly the drummer with Pentangle, passed away recently. His playing on this live BBC footage of Wedding Dress is insane.
• “We need to start seeing Black contribution to Britain as foundational rather than merely influential. And that should extend way beyond music” Mobo awards founder Kanya King writing in the Guardian.
• We Out Here has added Thundercat, Peven Everett and others to this summer’s line-up. Looking good.
• Talking of line-ups, the London Jazz Festival announced quite a few of its acts for next November. Lots of interesting shows taking place across the capital, although I think I’ll wait for the full list and see what’s on at some of the smaller venues before booking a few gigs.
• Sometimes it feels like there’s an infinite number of great radio shows to listen to out there… and nowhere near enough time to listen to a small fraction of them. But if you’re after a recommendation, I thought I’d use this list of links to highlight one show or DJ in particular each week that I think is worth checking out. To kick things off I’ve really enjoyed the three-month residency by Trá Pháidín on Worldwide FM. (That’s just a link to their latest show, but you’ll find the others on the Worldwide website easily enough.) Their hours so far have featured a really great mix of contemporary Irish music as well as some live playing to link it all together. Highly recommended!