TV UPDATE: This Prom is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer 25-year-old, 5-time Grammy winner Samara Joy looked right at home as she stepped out in front of the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall for her [...]
“I’m not sure what I’m going to play” were the opening remarks from the Grammy award-winning pianist as he took his seat for his penultimate performance on a solo tour of Europe at Soul Mama’s. Sullivan Fortner has been one [...]
The Opening night “Jazz Voice” gala for the EFG London Jazz Festival opened with a real surprise – the new face of Veronica Swift. Though still burning with bebop scat lines, and impeccably in sync with the saxes in the [...]
First night in Buxton, and a double bill of Madeline Bell and Judi Jackson. Having interviewed Judi Jackson prior to the Festival (link below), I could already visualise what to expect: barefoot in the likeness of her idol Nina Simone, [...]
Listening to the Shadows and Light live album again last night, I realised how easy it is to forget the sheer quality of musicianship on display in some of our favourite records. As an avid Joni Mitchell fan, I was [...]
Judi Jackson is one of the headliners at the Buxton International Festival, with a concert on 11 July this year at the Buxton Opera House, as part of a double bill with Madeline Bell and Ian Shaw. This is the [...]
On a sunny evening, Wednesday 8 May, Immy Churchill, Louise Balkwill and Becky Alice performed a gig at Oliver’s to celebrate the music of Anita Wardell, and to raise money to help with her recovery. Link to GoFundMe below. Becky [...]
The third episode of the fortnightly Tea Hive video series by Becky Alice and Rebecka Edlund is a tribute to American experimental vocalist and educator Jay Clayton (1941-2023). There is a “how did she do that” moment at [07:55] when [...]
After the first episode of the fortnightly (*) Tea Hive video series, in which Becky Alice and Rebecka Edlund brought the Swedish tradition of Santa Lucia (LINK) to life…the new Episode 2, released today, centres around pioneers of vocalese; Lambert [...]
