French guitarist Tom Ibarra makes a splash with Left Behind

The prospect of Luma from French guitarist Tom Ibarra certainly relieves post-Christmas ennui. On Ibarra's Goatzic label, release date is 29 January 2021. Only 21, Ibarra, born near St Tropez, has picked up a trunk load of awards so far. His …

Published: 30 Dec 2020. Updated: 3 years.

The prospect of Luma from French guitarist Tom Ibarra certainly relieves post-Christmas ennui. On Ibarra's Goatzic label, release date is 29 January 2021. Only 21, Ibarra, born near St Tropez, has picked up a trunk load of awards so far. His playing résumé has included performing with the likes of French violin great Didier Lockwood and guesting with Miles Davis bass guitar legend Marcus Miller just a few years ago at festivals in Germany and the Ukraine. Ibarra released his first album aged 15, with follow-up Sparkling arriving in 2018, an album that featured a guest appearance from Snarky Puppy leader Michael League. Ibarra's style is an accessible funky amalgam. Think Cory Wong or Tom Misch to jump off from. On 'Left Behind' the feel from drummer Tao Ehrlich and bass undertow is like something steering back to the bustle of Estelle's 2008 hit featuring Kanye West, 'American Boy'. Joining Ibarra on 'Left Behind' are: Jeff Mercadié (sax); Lilian Mille (trumpet); Auxane Cartigny (keys); Noé Berne (bass guitar); Tao Ehrlich (drums). Not an artist for the hardcore improv fan at all but certainly an entertaining player of style, ideas, and character: The guy knows how to stretch out.

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Anti-Brexit Stewart Lee and Asian Dub Foundation fundraiser 'Comin' Over Here' is a must

''The band were brilliant on the day of the shoot, between the two lockdowns, and jammed on John Coltrane’s version of 'My Favourite Things' between takes, which meant I got a private musical performance of one of my own favourite things in a year …

Published: 29 Dec 2020. Updated: 3 years.

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''The band were brilliant on the day of the shoot, between the two lockdowns, and jammed on John Coltrane’s version of 'My Favourite Things' between takes, which meant I got a private musical performance of one of my own favourite things in a year where I have rarely seen anything live.'' That's huge Evan Parker fan and Vortex regular Stewart Lee in an article for comedy website Chortle on working with Asian Dub Foundation on their excellent collaboration reinventing Lee's sketch based on ex-UKIP leader Paul Nuttall's dyspeptic ramblings on foreigners generally. 'Comin' Over Here' is a fundraiser for Kent Refugee Action Network and is hoping to make no. 1 in the pop charts just as Britain finally ends the transition period later this week. Worth your support and a reminder through its satire that the Tory party who brought us the ''hostile environment'' and calamity of Brexit goaded into it by UKIP has a lot to answer for. Don't be fooled again, folks, especially the deeply deluded who voted for them in such large numbers a year ago. You know who you are.