Tessa Souter is an artist of such astonishing depth, she seems to breathe underwater. Her readiness to embrace the full spectrum of human feeling, combined with her impressive powers of academic research and a lyrical ability to spin words into mirrors has resulted in a work of true brilliance. Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project, or ESP for short, is a cross-generational collaboration between Souter and Satie which speaks to [...]
Welsh-born, Amsterdam-based saxophonist and composer Alice Leggett is touring in the UK. Her debut album ‘Birdsong’ will be released in May on ZenneZ Records. Feature by Tara Minton. “Where is home?” It’s a question all too familiar to so many [...]
Piano/vocal powerhouse Philippa Healey is bringing her high energy, funk-as-hell original music to London this March. With a stellar line-up of musicians, including legendary bassist Paul Turner and drummer Derrick McKenzie, these shows are a must see! Philippa has had [...]
The newest release on Ubuntu Records is a truly stunning offering from London-based kiwi pianist and composer John-Paul Muir. Beautifully honest, ‘Home Now’ unfolds gently with a vulnerability that lets the light in. The opening number, ‘Sunlight’ begins with a [...]
Nestled unassumingly in Nine Elms, Battersea, is one of South London’s best kept secrets for serious music lovers – World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens. This state-of-the-art concert hall, recording studio and music academy doesn’t pop up in the list of [...]
“Over 200 master innovators – they’re in my DNA. I’ll never leave that part behind. They live in anything that I do from this point on. It’s just part of my being.” Alto saxophonist ‘Big Chief’ Donald Harrison is a [...]
“Our aim is that when audiences leave, they feel like they know us and that they’ll come back and see us again.” Top UK swing orchestra Down for the Count is returning to Cadogan Hall with an iconic show on 12 October. Lovers of [...]
Equal Spirits is an international ensemble of 24 musicians from the UK, Africa and Europe, curated by British trombonist and composer, Raph Clarkson. Their debut album, Wise and Waiting, will be released via Ubuntu Music on 26 April, with UK [...]
Clara Green is a Stockholm-born jazz vocalist, composer and educator based in London. She is a former member of Pete Churchill’s London Vocal Project, in which she performed and recorded alongside Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Nikki Iles, Dave Holland… The [...]
Tara Minton writes: I’m sitting in a buzzing, Southern American style diner sipping a delicious Chilli Guavarita. It’s 7:20pm and a saxophonist bustles in, scooching past diners to the back of the room where his colleagues – a pianist and [...]
