Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 - highlights

Tommy Smith, Courtney Pine, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and more

8 Jul 2011

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble A high energy blend of New Orleans horns and live hip hop beats, this Chicago nine-piece return to raise the Spiegeltent from its moorings. Barack Obama, Jay-Z and David Byrne are among the fans of this exciting block party…

LCD Soundsystem and Fever Ray highlights of Electric Picnic 2010

Stradbally, Ireland, 3-5 Sep 2010

15 Sep 2010

The Picnic is one of two major events bookending the Irish festival season, and it feels like all of Ireland has turned out for summer’s last gasp. Which, as it turns out, is a rather wet one. But no matter, for the craic is good, the pies are hearty…

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Chicago fusion of jazz, hip hop and funk

8 Aug 2010

This nine-piece comprising eight horns and a drummer are not what you might expect at the Jazz & Blues Festival.

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 begins

China Moses, Niki King and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble among highlights

22 Jul 2010

The ten-day fest kicks off again, and among our recommendations, we would include China Moses, an American singer based in Paris, with a soul background and a near obsession for the troubled diva, Dinah Washington; Niki King, Scotland’s own smoky-voiced…

T in the Park 2010: The anticipation and planning stage

T in the Park blog

11 Jul 2010

It’s the morning of T and excitement is at fever pitch. I don’t mind admitting that my music tastes are perhaps not as highly-developed as my List compadres’ – my most-anticipated act of today is krunk-pop superstars 3OH!3, who are playing the King…

Music festivals 2010: Ones to watch

28 May 2010

Unicorn Kid Aka Oliver Sabin – Edinburgh-based electronic wunderkind, this year playing festivals including T in the Park, Wickerman, Belladrum and Bestival Hudson Mohawke He makes super sweet futuristic jams. I loved last year’s album Butter. I…

Departure Lounge prepares for take-off

15 Apr 2010

David Pollock talks to Departure Lounge as they present their most impressive line-up yet with Bass Clef, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Souljazz Orchestra

Hitlist: Music

Your fortnightly feast for the ears

2 Oct 2009

Noah and the Whale, Mudhoney and The Vaselines, Invasion, Scarce, The Big Pink, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Music Like a Vitamin, The Dead Weather

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

The Chicago jazz collective come to Glasgow

1 Oct 2009

‘When my mother was pregnant with me, she went to concerts,’ says Gabriel ‘Hudah’ Hubert, trumpet player in Chicago’s Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. ‘Apparently your ears are one of the first things that develop on you, so that was my way of life, who I am…