Author: Yuki Fujiwara
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Interview: “I’m Not an Optimist” – Max Vanderwolf on Music, Myth and the Algorithm
Max Vanderwolf lives in parallel worlds. As a restless musician, he refuses to stand still. As his birth name Glenn Max, he’s spent decades coaxing unforgettable performances out of legends like David Bowie, Patti Smith and Ornette Coleman. His new record, “Songs You’ll Never Hear” sits somewhere between dread and myth. Max caught up with…
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Live Review: Flea and the Honora Band – KOKO, London (26/05/2026)
For more than forty years, Michael “Flea” Balzary has been ploughing through the shifting tides of rock history at its frontline. With his debut solo jazz album, Honora, Flea is paying tribute to his childhood heavily influenced by his jazz-musician stepfather. Flea recalls his unstable childhood with an abusive stepfather “scary” but he also reminisces:…