“I have been improvising with people on Zoom, and I recognise that, yes, there is a social function to this, but technically it’s far from ideal; and it reminds me just how deeply improvised music is tied to the lives situation”, says John Russell, one of the founders of and the driving force behind Mopomoso, “the longest running concert series dedicated to free improvisation in the UK”, in the pages of The Wire 437.

Founded in London in 1990, MOdernism POst MOdernism SO What?, or simply put, Mopomoso has previously hosted sessions with Lol Coxhill, Maggie Nicols, Max Eastley, Steve Beresford, Phil Minton, Alan Tomlinson, Evan Parker, Kay Grant, Roland Ramanan, Dominic Lash, Alex Ward and countless others. After a recent break due to the pandemic, they've since decided to return with a session held over YouTube.

The line-up includes Jörg Hufschmidt/ddavid/John Russell trio, Sylvia Hallett solo, Catherine Sikora with a film by Eric Mingus, Ash Cooke solo guitar, The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra with international guests, Sothiac with guest Paul Jolly, and Ned Rothenberg/Paul G Smyth duo.

Stream from 2pm BST on 28 June. Subscribers can read about John Russell and Mopomoso in an interview by Philip Clark in the recent July issue of The Wire.