@philipwatson

philipwatson has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in April 2023. The social media accounts linked to from philipwatson are: • X Besides social media accounts, philipwatson has populated their site with: • Shortlist 2026| Journalism Awards • Musician Francesco Turrisi: ‘I don’t belong to anything, exactly. In a good way’ – The Irish Times • Jason Moran: ‘I have a lot of gratitude for Cork Jazz Festival. And I still have that wonderful crystal vase’ – The Irish Times • ‘It was like Moses coming down from the mountain’: John Coltrane and the creation of A Love Supreme – The Irish Times • Sligo Jazz Festival review: Vibrant proof of the rude health of jazz at home and abroad – The Irish Times • ‘My sister was, like, you don’t have to fit in – you’re weird, and it’s okay that you’re weird’ – The Irish Times • Review of Insufficient Funs | Chunk | Sam Comerford and Matthew Jacobson | Journal of Music in Ireland • Musician and composer Mary Halvorson: ‘I’m not trying to be weird. It’s just how I see things’ – The Irish Times • The music of Makaya McCraven: Editing as composition, the studio as instrument – The Irish Times • Jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson: ‘I didn’t register it was actually Louis Armstrong showing me how to play’ – The Irish Times • Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert: An epic journey into the unknown – The Irish Times • ‘It was as if Louis Stewart and James Joyce were kindred spirits’ – The Irish Times • Jazz pianist Kris Davis: ‘I remember feeling at 13 that this is what I want to do forever’ – The Irish Times • Review of Obsany by Simon Jermyn, Otis Sandsjö, Lukas Akintaya and Petter Eldh | Journal of Music • www.irishjournalismawards.ie • What’s gone wrong at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival? – The Irish Times • Review of Nils Kavanagh Trio Album No Expectations | Journal of Music • www.irishtimes.com • Big Band Evolution pianist Cormac McCarthy: ‘I’m still not able to understand how I played. It was painful to hit the keys’ • Seamus Murphy took his camera from the Rust Belt to Russia. What he s… • Emma Rawicz: ‘I think jazz is made for people who don’t necessarily fit into life’s prescribed boxes’ • A Tenderness Created in the Moment • Irish drummer Kevin Brady: ‘Most nights you’re able to hear great live jazz. But we need something like classical has in the NCH’ • www.philipwatson.info • www.thewire.co.uk • ‘You have to be delusional to be successful in anything’ – Bray Jazz Festival star Nubya Garcia • The Music of Kenny Wheeler review: All-star Irish line-up keeps jazz virtuoso’s legacy vibrantly alive • Ethan Iverson at Triskel review: Jazz pianist shows off his harmonic elegance, delicate touch and winningly relaxed manner • ‘The holy men thought it was vulgar and obscene’: Irish jazz pianist Jim Doherty on 70 years in music • Danish guitarist Jakob Bro on Paul Motian: ‘It was the most surreal thing ever, like calling someone from a different planet’ • Nubya Garcia: Odyssey – An exhilarating mix of jazz, reggae, dub, neosoul and R&B • Arooj Aftab: ‘If we all listened to more things that surprise us, we’d all be better for it’ • Ezra Collective: ‘The Irish and Nigerians have got a lot more in common than Guinness!’ • Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding: Milton + Esperanza – Mini-masterpiece with the near-magical melding of two voices • Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland – Brilliant, seamless debut from an outstanding, forward-thinking new jazz quartet • Matt Wilson: Good Trouble – Right from the first notes, you know you’re in expert hands • Arooj Aftab: Night Reign – Powerful, affecting and unlike anything else • Saxophonist Linda Fredriksson: ‘If I’m able to reach somebody who is not a jazz enthusiast or nerd, that’s the best possible goal’ • 60% OFF Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music • Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement – Somehow both more and less than The Epic and Heaven and Earth • Dave Douglas: ‘I wanted my music to be authentic and never the same twice. So there were a lot of years in the wilderness’ • Bill Frisell: Orchestras – Guitarist, trio and ensembles become one multifaceted whole • Samara Joy in Dublin: The young jazz star who earned a standing ovation from Adele, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift • Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where – Swing, emotion and atmosphere • Ches Smith: Laugh Ash – thrilling, unpredictable album that plays by its own extravagant set of rules • ‘You’re playing like a girl’: Why is jazz still so male? • Ambrose Akinmusire: Owl Song – One of the jazz albums of the year • Nitai Hershkovits: Call on the Old Wise – Exquisitely executed inventions • Ireland in 50 Albums, No 23: Out On His Own, by Louis Stewart (1977) • Matthew Halsall: ‘I wanted to paint through sound and transport the listener to special places that I found beautiful’ • Unlimited Editions: Red Hook - The Wire • Garech Browne: The irascible Guinness heir who did so much for Irish music • www.audiobooks.com • Faber Radio Presents 'Ultimate' Bill Frisell | Journal | Faber • The Blue of the Night with Bernard Clarke - RTÉ lyric fm • Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer - Audiobook • Gerald Clayton: ‘Craft, rhythm, expression – the parallels between music and surfing are endless’