Marcel Khalifé and Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Mahmoud, Marcel and I (Barbican Centre, 15 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) “Marcel went to Australia for a few days […]
Istanbul Psychedelic (2020 EFG LJF)
Istanbul Psychedelic (Streamed on 21 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Rachel Coombes) A recent LondonJazz News interview with Serious’s Director of Programming Pelin Opcin (director of Istanbul Jazz Festival since 2005) […]
Cambridge International Jazz Festival (13 – 24 November)
With over 70 events spanning early and modern, soul, funk, blues, gypsy, electronic, and rock-influenced sounds, the fifth Cambridge International Jazz Festival celebrates jazz in all its diversity. Rachel Coombes previews the […]
Mississippi Goddam: The 2019 Nina Simone Prom at the Royal Albert Hall
Prom 45 – Mississippi Goddam: A Portrait of Nina Simone (Royal Albert Hall. 21 August 2019. BBC Proms. Review by Rachel Coombes) Long-standing Nina Simone fans, and anyone who has seen the […]
Naked City Festival 2019 in Beckenham
Naked City Festival (Beckenham Place Park, 27 July 2019. Round-up by Rachel Coombes) Undeterred by the intermittent downpours, hundreds of Londoners flocked to Beckenham Place Park on Saturday for the inaugural Naked City […]
Soho Jazz Festival (5-15 July 2019)
Rachel Coombes previews this year’s Soho Jazz Festival: This year the Soho Jazz Festival pays homage to the legacy of Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, who passed away in November last year […]
