Gatefold Record Lounge – a Creativity Hub in Hertfordshire
Nikki and Jak Utley set up the Gatefold Record Lounge after moving to Hitchin in 2015. In addition to selling vinyl records, their goal was to establish the shop as meeting place for those [...]
Feature: An Interview with Martin Randle
Martin Randle is a Cambridgeshire-based, multi-instrumentalist with deep roots in prog rock, jazz, blues, R&B and even classical music. Here, The Riff interviews Martin following the recent [...]
The Blues Project: Pioneers of the flute in Jazz Rock
Fifty years ago I was quite literally sweating with the burden of academic endeavour: I was a student in the UK taking my “O” level exams in chemistry and other subjects. Elsewhere in [...]
Yusef Lateef “Live at Ronnie Scott’s” (Gearbox Records)
I thought I had pretty much all of the late, great, Yusef Lateef’s recordings in my collection but when perusing the shelves at my local record shop (a tradition that has made a comeback [...]