Concert: Black Dyke Band

January 28, 2026
The Queensbury partnership and their soloists deliver a potent display of artistry and stamina at the RNCM Festival.

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Concert: Tredegar Band

January 27, 2026
The Welsh champion brings deceptive musical portraiture displayed with character truthfulness to the RNCM Festival.

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Concert: Concord Brass Band

January 26, 2026
A distinctive Danish flavouring enhances the taste buds experience at the RNCM International Brass Band Festival.

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Concert: Foden's Band

January 24, 2026
Foden's explore very different realms as they open the RNCM International Brass Band Festival.

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Product: CD review: European Brass 25

January 7, 2026
Size matters even when European champion Brassband Willebroek provides evocative responses to questions big, small, sparkling and reflective.

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Product: LP review: A Tribute to Eric Ball OBE, ARCM

January 5, 2026
A 45 year old reminder of the timeless qualities of a composer that the current brass band movement would do well to full re-evaluate.

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Concert: Laganvale Metal Technology Band

December 31, 2025
A early festive helping of Christmas cheer from Charles Ffyffe and his band.

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Product: LP review: Tidings of Great Joy

December 19, 2025
A festive reminder from Derek Broadbent and Brighouse & Rastrick that brass bands can still make a commercial mark on the wider listening public with a Christmas offering.

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Product: CD review: Dancing on the Sand

December 17, 2025
A showroom tour around the polished models and star performers of the de haske brass band range led by a persuasive sales team in Philip Harper and Cory Band.

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Product: CD review: Fantasia — Works for Trumpet & Organ

December 12, 2025
Matilda Lloyd provides an engaging extension of her musical style and substance with her latest joint enterprise release.

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Product: CD review: The Heroic Trombone

December 4, 2025
Brett Baker pays bravura homage to the musical influences on his busy musical career.

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Concert: CSD Brass

December 3, 2025
A concert programme of variant treats provided by a band worth emulating in artistic outlook.

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Product: CD review: Brass Odyssey — Robin Stevens

December 2, 2025
The Welsh champion maintains its reputation for fearless explorations of contemporary repertoire with an odyssey free of musical cliches.

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Product: CD review: Festivities: Cornerstones Vol. 3

November 6, 2025
Philip Harper's musical impulses provide a strong argument to back the case for his appreciation of classic celebratory spirits.

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Concert: Wonder Women

November 5, 2025
Bones Apart span the centuries on their engaging visit to the middle of nowhere.

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Concert: Folk and Dance

November 4, 2025
A finely attuned concert of nostalgia is given a thoroughly modern appreciation by Dr David Thornton, Roger Webster and banding colleagues.

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Product: CD review: Studio Showcase

October 25, 2025
A joint enterprise arrangement works well for East of England Co-op Band and Studio Music with a shop window release.

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Product: CD review: Introduction

October 24, 2025
Kyle Lawson fills in the empty blanks on his calling card with polished curations of his accomplished antipodean talents

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Concert: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

October 23, 2025
The sentiment of Sir Karl Jenkins' populist work still retains its powers of persuasion and purpose with its new brass band accompaniment.

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Concert: Lux in Tenebris

October 19, 2025
Regent Brass shine an impressive light with celebration of anniversaries.

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