Q & A JACK HUES

Wang Chung’s vocalist-guitarist and leader of The Quartet discusses quarks, cover versions and why live shows should be different every time.

Jo Kendall

Canterbury artist Jack Hues has returned with six tracks shaped by the intensity of live performance and band chemistry, featuring material by Robert Wyatt, Radio head, Talk Talk and Soft Machine alongside a brilliantly titled instrumental original, Non-Locality In A Sea Of Electrons. It’s 13 years since the guitarist – also of 80s new wavers Wang Chung – joined forces with members of Syd Arthur for “one night only” and almost four years since he officially emerged onto the prog-jazz scene thanks to the support of Syd Arthur co-founder Joel Magill (who also put Hues’ first EP out through his Dawn Chorus label). Backed by other members of Syd Arthur and avant-jazzers Led Bib as The Quartet, the collective debuted with a dazzling extended take on Beck’s Nobody’s Fault But…

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