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About Paul Brad

Freelance journalist / Publisher / Editor - Straight No Chaser magazine / Editor - L FM : Broadcasting In A Pandemic - Gilles Peterson (Worldwide FM) / Publisher: From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: A History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene by Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove / Music Fan: Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient to Future / Cultural Event Consultant & Activist / Nei Jia practitioner

TOKIO AOYAMA: VISIONS Of A PSYCHEDELIC SOUL

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Paul Brad

In August – 23rd to 29th – Darren  Springer’s Ancient Future organisation joins forces with the Hoxton Gallery to showcase the paintings from Tokio Aoyama which mix the myth, music, spirit and the essence of nature into one palette of … Continue reading →

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Olympics 2012… takes me back…. way back… to discover a working class woman, welder and Olympian

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Paul Brad

It’s a muggy, grey day in London town and life has somehow returned to normal.  Having worked full-on for 4 weeks on the Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life exhibition –  including a week in the O2 – … Continue reading →

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STANDING UP AGAINST PUTIN, THE KGB & THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: Feminist punk group Pussy Riot face up to 3 years in prison.

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Paul Brad

Sitting in the glass cage alongside her two fellow band members Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a clenched fist and the the famous Spanish War slogan ‘No Pasaran’.  It’s a trial that Dolores … Continue reading →

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Tonight… I-Ficial Opening … Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life…

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Paul Brad

Greetings & Apologies!  I’ve been a little bit quiet on the ancient to future tip due to Swift and myself trodding between Ealing, Hackney and the 02 working on Stage 2 of the Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My … Continue reading →

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Yeah Nah! The movie!

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Paul Brad

Big respect to the Aukland PIYN crew… good times.

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THE JOURNEY : JOHN COLTRANE’S ‘A LOVE SUPREME’ & A SUMMER SOLTICE ALIGNMENT OF SPIRITUAL FORCES

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Paul Brad

It seems a long time ago that Jason Jules and myself began to explore the potential of a concept – Sacred Music : Sacred Spaces. Back then our sights were  fixed on Spitalfields, an area that encompasses Brick Lane and … Continue reading →

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Sacred Music & The Art Of Freedom

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Paul Brad

If you are a regular at Jazz In The Round you’ll be familiar with the artworks of Gina Southgate. We were fortunate enough to have Gina in The Chapel at Sacred Music: Sacred Spaces  and here’s a lovely portrait of … Continue reading →

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IN THE SPIRIT OF ALICE COLTRANE: Ansuman Biswas – A modern day master of the interdiscipllinary arts

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Paul Brad

This Thursday’s  re-envisioning of John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ will further the expansive, global innovations of his loving wife Alice Coltrane . Pianist, harpist and band leader, Alice Coltrane’s  Sanskrit name was Turiyasangitananda. She was devoted to the practices of … Continue reading →

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Deep In The Chapel… Visions of A Love Supreme

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Paul Brad

With only a week to go before we premiere the re-envisioning of John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ the vibe and the anticipation is building. After a long period of writing flautist Rowland Sutherland has been busy adding swathes of sound … Continue reading →

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COOL BREEZE! HAVANA meets DMZ’s Mala

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Paul Brad

Despite rejecting ’nuff offers of projects over the years something about Gilles Peterson’s Cuba project f elt right!  The results of their visits to Havana and beyond are now beginning to surface… here’s a taste… “I was totally out of … Continue reading →

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