Mab Jones

Songs and personality that can entrance a room – PALOMA FAITH | LIVE REVIEW

October 20, 2021 by Noel Gardner

A Monday night at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena turned Mab Jones from a Paloma Faith liker into a Paloma Faith fan.

ERASURE | LIVE REVIEW

October 14, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Erasure hit Cardiff's Motorpoint, and Mab Jones was there to soak up a lively and glittery celebration of queerness from the tuneful duo.

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 29, 2021 by Noel Gardner

From a post-Atwood dystopian novel, to a snazzy hardback history of wildlife photography, to the latest from TV's Richard Osman, to some brief thoughts on spaghetti, to comedian Phil Wang on racial identity... we get this week's books column.

NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE

September 27, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Mab Jones’ latest appreciation of verse opens with an appreciation of Wordsworth – William’s sister Dorothy that is – but never fear, it’s still new! And it’s, as Mab says of her first subject, “a sheer joy to read”.

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 24, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Unlikely reggae covers selected by Don Letts; kick-ass American rock and country women Melissa Etheridge and Mickey Guyton; Bristol jazzers Run Logan Run and Vangelis soundtracking a mission to Jupiter, like he was born to.

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 25, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Murderous thrillers, Russian historical fiction, a perfume-scented journey to 19th-century Edinburgh, explorations of identity and belonging, and a graphic novel devised by Line Of Duty's main brain.

NEW POETRY COLUMN: AUGUST | FEATURE

August 23, 2021 by Noel Gardner

nth, Mab Jones returns with the next of her monthly roundups of contemporary independent poetry. Everything from Powys owls to Jim Morrison to mythical Cornish lands awaits…

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 18, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Including a familial rock memoir from Baxter Dury, ruminations on vintage UK TV by Rob Young and a marquee late-summer novel release by Leïla Slimani.

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 28, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Relationship drama, an experimental Welsh novel, Greek mythology updated for the celeb era, the cultural implications of Chinese ear-cleaning and an illicit tryst in a summer house...

NEW POETRY COLUMN: JULY | FEATURE

July 23, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Welcome to the first of Buzz’s monthly roundups of fine independent poetry! Welsh, British and international verse will feature in here, selected and appraised by our writer with her ear to the poetic ground, Mab Jones.

G39: SURVEY II | ART REVIEW

July 15, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Mab Jones plunges back into the wild world of up-close, not-on-your-computer-monitor visual art with a thrilling nationally-sourced group show at Cardiff’s G39.

Region: South Wales

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 12, 2021 by Noel Gardner

This week’s five items includes a (sometime) Buzz writer! Big shout out to Emily Garside for that. Plus wildlife illustrator Matt Sewell, August Corteau’s (translated) Greek novel and books by Nancy Tucker and Adam Mars-Jones.

Songs and personality that can entrance a room – PALOMA FAITH | LIVE REVIEW

ERASURE | LIVE REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

NEW POETRY COLUMN: AUGUST | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

NEW POETRY COLUMN: JULY | FEATURE

G39: SURVEY II | ART REVIEW

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

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