The US drummer, pianist and composer died on 26 October aged 83. In the February 1989 issue of The Wire, he was interviewed ...

The creative scope of French pianist Sophie Agnel is demonstrated across two remarkable albums, writes Stewart Smith in The Wire 501 ...

Alan Tomlinson died on 13 February aged 76. As a tribute to the UK trombonist and improvisor we have made Mike Barnes's 2018 interview from The Wire 413 free to read in our online library.

Tokyo’s Ftarri organisation (which evolved out of the Improvised Music From Japan label) proved its reputation for high quality improvised and lower case music many times over the last 20 years.

Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 499. Inside our brand new issue: Cabaret Voltaire: The surviving members of the Sheffield industrialists, Stephen Mallinder ...

There is no Access All Areas when it comes to the past. Media technology ensures that you never get a free pass – you can only go where you’re allowed to go. Platforms become obsolete, data systems ...

Downer songs from Galway singer, songwriter, producer and CANVAS co-founder with a new album Songs For Nothing (AD93).

What does it sound like when two black holes collide? Stefan Helmreich tunes in to how scientists listen to such cosmic cataclysms The sounds from space have arrived again. The Laser Interferometer ...

Rare performance of the instrumental musique concrète composer’s trio of string quartets. Graz MUWA, 7 November, 8pm, €18–€7.

Retrospective spanning 70 years of work by the Fluxus artist, musician, multimedia artist and activist. Chicago Museum Of Contemporary Art, until 22 February 2026, $22–$19.

“At least a little bit of ‘fuck you’ in music is important to me,” declares Los Angeles based Lauren Bousfield, speaking to Claire Biddles in The Wire 473. “There’s definitely different ways that ...

Screenings of music films including UK and Irish premieres of documentaries on Butthole Surfers, Meredith Monk, Coil (short films), Big Mama Thornton, Dónal Lunny, Dean Johnson, Jimmy Scott, Glen ...