Shape note is a living tradition of community singing that uses a hymn book first published in the American South before The Civil War, The Sacred Harp. The music is sung unaccompanied in four parts ...

In 2012, the drummer Georgia Hubley of Yo La Tengo recorded a one-sided 12” of beautiful, haunting electric guitar works under the name 'Little Black Egg'. Since then she’s done the occasional ...

John Bisset is a musician and visual artist based in London. His work ranges between free improvisation and composition including songmaking/singing. He is currently improvising on the lapsteel guitar ...

John Jasnoch: guitar, mandolin, oud, uke, (born 1953, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK) started out playing bluegrass and country music. In 1979 he moved to Sheffield becoming part of the Sheffield ...

Dr John McGrath is an Irish guitarist, writer and educator based in London. His music explores the boundaries of the ancient and modern as traditional elements meet improvisation and experimental ...

Hugely excited to welcome the legendary David Murrary to OTO for two nights alongside the powerhouse rhythm section of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums). In 2019 they toured ...

Petra Haller is an independent dance artist and tap dancer based in London. She started her career as a freelance dancer working on BBC1, The One Show: SKY1, Luie Spence’s Show Business; Ellen Kent ...

Manchesters Minimum Wage Immanence Unit comprises Adam Fairhall on accordion/harmonium, David Birchall on guitar/banjo and Michael Perrett on bass clarinet. They improvise music that draws as much on ...

Pleased to welcme back Time is Away on the OTO decks from 7.30pm Time is Away (Jack Rollo and Elaine Tierney) work across radio, research and site-specific sound-works. Over eight years as residents ...

Throughout my career as an improvising musician, I have had an affinity with the UK/Irish folk music scene both musically and politically. Both scenes seemingly ‘kick against the systems’ and have ...

Mute Frequencies is the sound art project of Ilia Rogatchevski and Laura Rogatchevskaia, both former members of the London post-punk band Sebastian Melmoth. The duo work within the intersections of ...

Christian Duka is a multifaceted music and sound artist working primarily with spatial audio. He collaborated with a spectrum of artists across various disciplines from free improvisation to ...