Martin Longley
Martin Longley also writes regularly for Jazzwise, Downbeat, All About Jazz and The Brooklyn Rail...
Articles by Martin Longley
5/14/2025 1:00:00 AM
Estonian guitar-picker Andres Roots offers a hardcore reshaping of the blues
Estonian blues guitarist visited the East Riding Theatre in Beverley on March 7, 2025 as part of an extensive UK tour
11/15/2018 12:00:00 AM
Belgrade Jazz Festival - review
The 34th edition of the Belgrade Jazz Festival featured Chucho Valdés, Miklós Lukács and Irina Karamarkovic
10/24/2018 12:00:00 AM
Egberto Gismonti at Enjoy Jazz, Germany - Review
Brazilian guitar and piano legend Egberto Gismonti drew encores from the crowd at the ornate Schlosstheater Schwetzingen in Germany.
10/11/2018 12:00:00 AM
Zakir Hussain & Les Amazones d’Afrique: Live In Brussels
Martin Longley reports from a long weekender in Brussels with tabla legend Zakir Hussain, pan-African supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique and frenetic Ugandan DJ Kamire.
6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM
Ethno Port review – 'A weekend of inspired sounds'
Ethno Port festival returned to Poznań for a weekend of global sounds.
1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM
Ethiopia In Brussels: Mulatu Astatke & Black Flower review
Ethio-Jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke played a retrospective set from his golden era on the opening night of the Brussels Jazz Festival
8/28/2019 12:00:00 AM
Green Man Festival 2019 review
Martin Longley discovers the roots and shoots of the pagan-inspired gathering in the Black Mountains of Wales
12/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
A world of jazz and beyond at Poland's Jazztopad
As jazz festivals around the world start to embrace international sounds, Martin Longley got to grips with the eclectic line-up of the Jazztopad festival in Wrocław
12/18/2019 12:00:00 AM
Angélique Kidjo goes orchestral!
Martin Longley reports on Angélique Kidjo's ongoing relationship with orchestral music, this time with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in concert in Brussels
10/5/2021 12:00:00 AM
Trepp & Friends short-step to success at annual Tallinn showcase
Reportage from the Fenno-Ugria Night at this year's edition of Tallinn Music Week
5/12/2022 12:00:00 AM
Lido Pimienta at Botanique
No Belgian waffle as Colombian sensation bombs the bass with May 9 Brussels showcase
1/20/2023 12:00:00 AM
Black Flower and Shake Stew, Brussels Jazz Festival, January 13-14
Jazz goes global in the Belgian capital with two troupes combining horn-heavy arrangements and adventurous international rhythms
3/14/2023 12:00:00 AM
The Sharon Shannon Trio at Cottingham Civic Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, Feb 10, 2023
Irish accordionist teams up with acoustic strings duo to put the squeeze on gamut of folk styles
4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM
Hack-Poets Guild, Social, Hull, Mar 19
Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann revive an old broadside songbook in Hull, home of The Watersons
4/20/2023 12:00:00 AM
BRDCST, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Apr 7-9
Joe Rainey, Gaye Su Akyol & Sainkho Namtchylak sang at the hyper-diverse festival that bills itself as 'The Ideal Antidote For Paranoia & Hysteria'
7/12/2023 12:00:00 AM
Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, May 11-13
Global-folkloric musics abound at this Estonian multi-genre splurge of showcases
7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM
Jazz Sous Les Pommiers, Coutances, France, May 16-20
The annual week-long jazz festival in France featured DakhaBrakha, Femi Kuti, Noura Mint Seymali, Antonio Lizana and Robert Cray
7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM
Ethno Port, Poznań, Poland, June 23-25
Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America
8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM
Walden Festival, Leopold Park, Belgium, July 16
Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda
9/21/2023 12:00:00 AM
Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, Wales, August 17-20 2023
Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…
11/15/2023 12:00:00 AM
Lucrecia Dalt, Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Germany, October 7
Lucrecia Dalt drops deeply into a Colombian song-form dub-minimalist miasma at Heidelberg's Enjoy Jazz festival…
1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM
Oslo World 2023
Martin Longley witnessed Mari Boine, Bixiga 70, Gaye Su Akyol and Les Mamans de Congo at the 30th anniversary of this exceptional city-spanning festival…
4/5/2024 12:00:00 AM
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights, Hamburg, March 16 & 19
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
4/24/2024 12:00:00 AM
Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, April 4-7
Tallinn Music Week, where Estonian jaw harps meet Moroccan basscore pile-ups and Québécois stomping…
5/29/2024 12:00:00 AM
Söndörgő & The Kelemen Quartet, Budapest, April 8
A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…
