Susie York Skinner (*) is Chief Executive of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO). NYJO, as she explains in this interview for International Women’s Day, is much more than a large ensemble putting […]
Originally from Canterbury in Kent, Suzy Jackson studied for a B.Mus at King’s College London, which has a partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, and where she studied flute. Suzy ran […]
Drummer, composer and producer Romarna Campbell (*) talks about meeting her teenage inspirations, how she nearly gave up drums and the complex challenges of being a Black woman in music. Feature for […]
“I’ve become the musician that I am by daring to do these things!” Luise Volkmann is a force of nature. 2022 will see the Cologne-based saxophonist and composer perform across Europe with […]
Anastasia Wolkenstein, originally from Magdeburg in the former East Germany, lives and works in Regensburg in eastern Bavaria. Her company, Agentur Wolkenstein, which she has run since 2009, has an artist list […]
Hailing from Glenrothes, violinist, vocalist, arranger, composer and BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Seonaid (pronounced ‘Shona’) Aitken is one of Scotland’s best-loved jazz musicians. In recent years she has twice been awarded ‘Best […]
Based in Shanghai, China, Jiaowei Hu is a music writer who has been working closely with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Blue Note China, JZ Music and Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai among others […]
Lou Paley is one of the co-founders of Women in Jazz, a multimedia organisation dedicated to addressing the gender imbalance in the jazz industry by supporting fantastic female artists. Dan Bergsagel spoke […]
Amy Sibley-Allen talks to London-based guitarist and composer Shirley Tetteh on catching up on sleep during the pandemic, the wonders of neuroscience podcasts, her dreams to play women’s football in the US […]
As equality for women continues to be encouraged within jazz, the face of the industry is notably starting to shift. In response, many women are starting to grow their own platforms to […]
Annie Yanbékian is one of France’s leading jazz journalists. She works for France TV in Paris, where she produces online content about jazz musicians…and a broader spectrum of music as well. In […]
While the world may have paused this past year, award-winning jazz artist Fiona Ross most certainly has not. A whirlwind of activity and creativity, her decades-spanning career has seen her enjoy and […]
Lydia Liebman is an accomplished media and music industry professional with experience as a publicist, concert promoter, radio host, musician, producer and journalist. Since she launched her own jazz-focused PR agency while […]
Vibraphonist Mélissa Acchiardi, from the Lyon region has been on the scene for some time. But she really began to garner attention at the end of last year thanks to her involvement […]
Ingrid Øygard Steinkopf is a twenty-five-year-old Norwegian pianist and bandleader headed for great things. In Norway, as in most other places across the globe, jazz has fallen victim of hard times. Record […]
