Buxton International Festival is back this July, running from the 10 to 27 July, bringing with it a vibrant mix of world-class opera, intimate jazz gigs, captivating book events, and classical concerts. The first four days of the festival (10–13 [...]
American clarinettist Sam Sadigursky has released 11 acclaimed albums as a leader (New Amsterdam Records, Brooklyn Jazz Underground, and Adhyâropa Records), and appears on over 60 albums as a side musician, including on numerous Grammy nominees and winners, most recently [...]
Harry Belafonte was arguably one of the most distinguished musical artists, actors and human rights campaigners of the last 70 years. Born in New York City to Jamaican parents on 1 March 1927, the singer-activist led a life full of [...]
I am very excited to announce that the Elaine Delmar Quintet is performing for our Herne Bay Jazz Festival 2025 benefit concert in partnership with The Kings Hall, in Herne Bay, Kent, on Friday 28th February 2025. Following her sold-out [...]
In just a few years, Nod Knowles’ January jazz jamboree in Bath has become a bit of a local institution, as well as being the first notable jazz event of the year anywhere in the country. The programme for the [...]
Lilaila Records is a new record label set up by saxophonists Maria Grand and Camila Nebbia plus pianist Marta Sánchez and which is dedicated to work that brings musicians from different backgrounds together . Its first release, Altered Visions, features [...]
One of the highlights of spending Christmas in London is experiencing the city’s festive spirit firsthand. From carol services at iconic locations like the Actors Church in Covent Garden, to local choir performances on high streets, the city is alive [...]
Kerstan Mackness writes: Please help to spread the word. Tim Berne is at the Vortex on Tuesday night! It is his first London show in SEVEN years. He is in a trio with Hank Roberts on cello and an amazing [...]
This year a young singer from New York is making her first UK visit, including concerts at the London Jazz Festival (November 20) and the Cambridge Jazz Festival (November 21). Stella Katherine Cole sold out all those engagements, well in [...]
