Topic: Acoustic Ladyland

Kathy Shaidle

I've been a professional writer since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Seventeen magazine.Since then, my articles have appeared in the Toronto Star, the Globe &

CDs of the week

Florence and the Machine, the Benny Andersson Band, The Duckworth Lewis Method, Acoustic Ladyland and Tinariwen release new albums.. Florence and the Machine Lungs (Island) ***** For all the current glut of interchangeable female singers (Little Boots, La Roux etc), they also share ...

The man who made London swing again

How did a boxy little room in a concrete square in London's least desirable postcode become the most innovative jazz club in the world? The Vortex, housed in the Dalston Culture House, has proved not only that "Dalston Culture House" is ...

Rocking in a jazz world

It's the most electrifying quiet/loud segue in years, marking Acoustic Ladyland out as a brilliantly refreshing rock band - of sorts. It's no surprise, then, when saxophonist/ singer/songwriter Pete Wareham sounds delighted by a joking comparison with Battery, the ...