Steve O'Rourke
Articles By Steve O'Rourke
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Harry Baker, Noisenight 13, Jazz Cafe...
The elation in the queue was palpable as people stood laughing and chatting in the November cold waiting for the doors of the Jazz Café to open...
Arms and the Man, Orange Tree Theatre review - a rollicking...
For his final bow as artistic director of the...
Justin Adams & Mohamed Errebbaa, The Jam Jar, Bristol re...
Justin Adams has been exploring music that produces trance or near-trance states for a number of years. Along with being Robert Plant’s lead...
theartsdesk Radio Show 34 - with post-punk visionary Lu Edmo...
Welcome to the latest edition of Peter Culshaw’s occasional radio show, which normally has a global music focus. This week’s guest for...
Park Jiha, Stone Nest, K-Music - timeless evocative East-Wes...
Even those with the most tangential connection to pop music will be aware that K-Pop is all conquering, and the likes of BTS and BlackPink are on...
Remembering Wilko: unforgettable encounters with the Dr Feel...
Looking back on the most exciting, atmospheric and musically challenging gigs I’ve seen to date, there are several contenders in each category....
An open letter from Dame Sarah Connolly and colleagues to Ar...
The decision of Arts Council England to withdraw funding from the...
Matilda the Musical review - a dizzying, smartly subversive...
I bow to no one in my affection for Matilda the Musical onstage, which I've loved across multiple iterations, from Stratford-upon-Avon to...
Baghdaddy, Royal Court review - Middle-Eastern magic realism
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim approach, all the better to educate and inform...