Joey DeFrancescoPicture from the artist’s website joeydefrancesco.com Sebastian writes: This year’s Herts Jazz Festival has quite a coup on its hands with its Saturday 6 October headliner, one of the world greats […]
Alison AffleckPublicity picture Peter Bacon reports: The 20th Islay Jazz Festival is an appropriate anniversary year to honour the festival’s past by reuniting old friends, but also presenting new players to the […]
Sara DowlingPhoto: © Steven Tagg Randall Vocalist Sara Dowling is about to release her second album, Two Sides Of Sara. She spoke to Sebastian about the complexities of heritage, the power of […]
Liane CarrollPublicity picture Peter Bacon reports: It’s been around since the Second World War, it all started with jazz and now, it seems, jazz might be back at the renowned Oxford Street […]
The Fergus McCreadie Trio are at Fringe By The SeaPublicity picture Rob Adams looks at a seaside reply to the Edinburgh Fringe which harbours jazz ambitions. The small harbour town of North […]
A scene from Carmen la CubanaPhoto: © Johan Persson At Sadlers Wells there is about to be the UK premiere run of performances of Carmen la Cubana. The show is an adaptation […]
Ambleside Days logofrom the festival website The second Ambleside Days runs from Thursday 30 August to Sunday 2 September at Zeffirellis in Ambleside. Mike Collins looks forward to what promises to be […]
Ann Antidote/Notorische Ruhestörung – in the Ideas Of Noise programmePublicity picture There’s a new festival happening in Birmingham, 3 to 5 August. It’s called Ideas of Noise and the producers are musicians […]
Becki BigginsPublicity picture It’s the holidays and it’s never too soon to start the toddlers at musical summer school. Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and saxophonist Becki Biggins is holding a free Musical Picnic. […]
Bands at the 2016 Durham BRASS festivalPublicity photo Durham BRASS, an annual festival in mid-July, has taken on the theme of ‘Women and Brass’ for 2018. Dave Whetstone explains: Jazz and big […]
London Vocal ProjectPublicity Photo “A whole decade! That’s every Monday night (give or take a few weeks off every summer) for ten years,” reflects PETE CHURCHILL, as he looks forward to marking […]
Kim CypherPhoto Credit: Phil Kroll Saxophonist, composer and vocalist Kim Cypher trained with Pee Wee Ellis and Andy Sheppard. She discusses her multifaceted recent CD and her continuing UK tour in conversation […]
It’s growing! Jazz Leeds Festival was a one-day toe in the water last year. And by 2013, the city’s year-long celebration of culture, main man Steve Crocker hopes it will be a […]
Ben van Gelder and Reinier Baas, featured artists at the 2017 FestivalPhoto credit Ralf Dombrowski Alison Bentley writes: This year’s UN World Happiness Report puts Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden at […]
Adam Glasser (third from left) with his South African Jazz SextetPublicity picture Festivals rise and festivals fall but Brecon just keeps on going. Peter Bacon previews the programme for the 35th in […]
