The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music will take place at various local venues from 22 September to 8 October. Concerts include performances by Ubunye, the Zoe Rahman Band and Japanese artist Rie Nakajima. At a time when some [...]
A prodigiously talented drummer, Yussef Dayes was already performing with his brothers alongside future Steam Down founder Wayne Francis before he had even hit his teens. More recently, he has become known for some creative and successful duo collaborations (with [...]
Gaume Jazz Festival this year celebrated a full return to pre-pandemic sized programme, helped by extending the capacity of its second venue in the park. This is in addition to the village’s church and the small theatre, a small open [...]
Congratulations to Ezra Collective (Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison and Joe Armon-Jones) for bringing to an end one of the longest waits in British music…all of thirty-one years… The Mercury Prize was founded in 1992, and jazz [...]
