Stewart Smith
@drstewartsmith.bsky.social
Writer: jazz, improvised, experimental, Scotland & the avant-garde @ The Wire, Bandcamp, The Quietus, We Jazz, Guardian. Associate lecturer Newcastle University. Musician. He/him. 🇵🇸
Brought to you by the good folks behind Yeah You & People Like Us, it’s Wild Pop @starandshadow.bsky.social I’ll be performing with @kenosist.bsky.social & Toi Guy as our Deleuzian midi power trio howls again! Helluva lineup!
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Brought to you by the good folks behind Yeah You & People Like Us, it’s Wild Pop @starandshadow.bsky.social I’ll be performing with @kenosist.bsky.social & Toi Guy as our Deleuzian midi power trio howls again! Helluva lineup!
Thrilled to be programming some Newcastle gigs @starandshadow.bsky.social starting with the great Tashi Dorji @dorjitashi.bsky.social on Oct 6! With 🔥 support from turntable legend Mariam Rezaei & a cassette DJ set from Posset aka Joe Murray. Tickets: starandshadow.org.uk/programme/ev...
July 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thrilled to be programming some Newcastle gigs @starandshadow.bsky.social starting with the great Tashi Dorji @dorjitashi.bsky.social on Oct 6! With 🔥 support from turntable legend Mariam Rezaei & a cassette DJ set from Posset aka Joe Murray. Tickets: starandshadow.org.uk/programme/ev...
Long shot, but does anyone know about Dave Kennard, who wrote jazz reviews for Peace News in the mid 1960s? Not a name I’ve come across elsewhere so could be an Eric Hobsbwam/Francis Newton style pseudonym. This must be one of the earliest UK reports on the Blue Notes.
July 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Long shot, but does anyone know about Dave Kennard, who wrote jazz reviews for Peace News in the mid 1960s? Not a name I’ve come across elsewhere so could be an Eric Hobsbwam/Francis Newton style pseudonym. This must be one of the earliest UK reports on the Blue Notes.
My DJ set for Doxology @starandshadow.bsky.social last night. Brilliant live set from @krldslv.bsky.social & Gwilly Edmondez!
May 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My DJ set for Doxology @starandshadow.bsky.social last night. Brilliant live set from @krldslv.bsky.social & Gwilly Edmondez!
For Cosmos, the new issue of We Jazz magazine, I’ve written about an exhibit of real & imagined Sun Ra LP covers at Chicago’s Corbett vs Dempsey, Frequency Festival & The Ex! @wejazzhelsinki.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
For Cosmos, the new issue of We Jazz magazine, I’ve written about an exhibit of real & imagined Sun Ra LP covers at Chicago’s Corbett vs Dempsey, Frequency Festival & The Ex! @wejazzhelsinki.bsky.social
Sweet haul from Codex books on Bleeker & Bowery.
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Sweet haul from Codex books on Bleeker & Bowery.
New York! The Turntable Trio - Maria Chavez, Victoria Shen & Mariam Rezaei - play @roulettenyc.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
March 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New York! The Turntable Trio - Maria Chavez, Victoria Shen & Mariam Rezaei - play @roulettenyc.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
From the same store. AACM forever!
March 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
From the same store. AACM forever!
Morning soundtrack: Paul Bley’s classic, courtesy of Chicago’s magnificent Hyde Park Records.
March 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Morning soundtrack: Paul Bley’s classic, courtesy of Chicago’s magnificent Hyde Park Records.
A couple of 70s gems.
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A couple of 70s gems.
Bohman Brothers bring giant woodlice terror to Gateshead. Catch em Glasgow tonight, Edinburgh tomorrow!
January 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Bohman Brothers bring giant woodlice terror to Gateshead. Catch em Glasgow tonight, Edinburgh tomorrow!
Newcastle! Fantastic gig @starandshadow.bsky.social tonight with the great Mariam Rezaei & Kenosist unveiling a wild new project. I’ll be DJing between the acts: defiant jazz, liberation jams & anti-fascist punk! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
January 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Newcastle! Fantastic gig @starandshadow.bsky.social tonight with the great Mariam Rezaei & Kenosist unveiling a wild new project. I’ll be DJing between the acts: defiant jazz, liberation jams & anti-fascist punk! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
Love a trip to Housmans. Latest vol of Kevin Le Gendre’s history of black music in Britain covering 65-85, Octavia Butler short stories & 🇵🇸 badges.
January 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Love a trip to Housmans. Latest vol of Kevin Le Gendre’s history of black music in Britain covering 65-85, Octavia Butler short stories & 🇵🇸 badges.
Stirling vinyl haul 2/2: a key addition to my School of Scottish Studies collection, one of the best in the series with Jeannie Robertson et al, plus Northumbrian pipes recorded by Lomax.
January 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Stirling vinyl haul 2/2: a key addition to my School of Scottish Studies collection, one of the best in the series with Jeannie Robertson et al, plus Northumbrian pipes recorded by Lomax.
Stirling vinyl haul 1/2: a vintage Island calypso compilation & 90s underground skronk (the white one is Milo Fine Free Jazz Ensemble) from the legendary Europa Music
January 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Stirling vinyl haul 1/2: a vintage Island calypso compilation & 90s underground skronk (the white one is Milo Fine Free Jazz Ensemble) from the legendary Europa Music
Excellent Christmas book haul courtesy of my wonderful wife.
December 26, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Excellent Christmas book haul courtesy of my wonderful wife.
Sunday trip to Tynemouth Market and it’s the bric a brac stall with 2 boxes of 2 for £3 where the treasure/curiosities lie. Plus a cheap Italian Ornette compilation from another favourite stall.
December 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Sunday trip to Tynemouth Market and it’s the bric a brac stall with 2 boxes of 2 for £3 where the treasure/curiosities lie. Plus a cheap Italian Ornette compilation from another favourite stall.