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 […]
Rachael Cohen’s lively presence on stage and her playing always create an atmosphere and climate of positivity and energy, even in the most surprising circumstances. Feature for International Womens’ Day by Sebastian […]
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 […]
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 […]
LEAH WILLIAMS, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: This weekend marks exactly a decade since we first published a special series for International Women’s Day and this year we’re […]
Leah Willliams, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: We are currently preparing the 2021 edition of LJN’s International Women’s Day series. This has been a feature of the site […]
Saxophonist Helena Kay grew up in Perth in Scotland, studied in London from 2012 to 2016, and is currently based in New York. She has been Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the […]
Ann Braithwaite, originally from Barrington, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, has been running the Boston-based PR firm Braithwaite and Katz Communications since 1986. Journalists love working with her for the quality music she […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Matthieu Jouan at our French partner Citizen Jazz caught up with flautist Fanny Ménégoz to talk about her music, playing with various collectives and gender balance […]
When Sun-Mi Hong was twelve, she saw and heard a drum kit for the first time. It was the start of a fixation that has led to the Korean-born Sun, as she […]
British-Bahraini trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Yazz Ahmed is a musician who has carved out an inimitable musical path for herself. John Fordham speaks to her ahead of International Women’s Day about her […]
A recent London arrival, bassist Isobella Burnham came to town from Barbados, where she grew up, in 2018. Since then she’s taken the London jazz scene by storm, gigging and touring with […]
