Articles by Chris Ackerley

Jazzkaar Festival Estonia 2008

by Chris Ackerley
August 8, 2008

Jazzkaar Festival Tallinn, Estonia April 16-27, 2008

In Tallinn, a city where gothic cathedrals are overlooked by contemporary glass hotels, and ultra-fashionable woman in high-heels carefully tred their way through the medieval cobbled streets, it is evident that tradition and modernity go hand in hand. The Jazzkaar festival, fittingly then, is a celebration of music which borrows from the past, whilst at all times looking to the future.

Embracing a range of influences including ...