From pubs to festivals to arenas, out and about with tQ
Esme Bennett presents her picks from the performances at this year's Heroines Of Sound festival in Berlin, dedicated to experimental and multifaceted works of the world's most forward-thinking female and non-binary composers. Photos by Ulla C. Binder
From a broad-ranging celebration of Meredith Monk’s genius to a mind-melting show from Mabe Fratti, and stellar performances from Circuit Des Yeux, aya, Caterina Barbieri and more, this year’s Rewire showed Richard Foster and Jasper Willems glimpses of a better possible world
Tim Burrows leaves his cynicism about the Bard of Barking at the door when attending a gig that's a kind of homecoming and finds a new sense of regret at ignoring one of the greatest songwriters of the past 40 years
Joost Heijhuijsen travels to Oslo for the 2021 edition of Vriompeis and reflects on how a unique musical scene can quickly recover from the effects of the pandemic... thanks to a radical DIY approach and some smart state spending