Label: Jazzizit
Released: 2022
Track listing: Life In A Bubble; On The Sunny Side Of The Street; Games; What We Have To Be; Caravan; You Go To My Head; 'Round Midnight; Whirlpool; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Jazz Autographs; Blackbird; Two For The Road; Life In A Bubble - Epilogue.

Article: Album Review

Amanda Whiting: Lost In Abstraction

Read "Lost In Abstraction" reviewed by Peter Jones

by Peter Jones
June 20, 2022

The revival in the fortunes of the harp has been one of the more unexpected developments in jazz: Brandee Younger's 2021 album Somewhere Different made an impact on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, the instrument has been finding favor in the hands of both Tara Minton and Alina Bzhezhinska. Now Wales' very own ...

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Tara Minton & Ed Babar: Two For The Road

Read "Two For The Road" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 18, 2022

Australian vocalist and harpist Tara Minton and English bassist Ed Babar have been performing together for a few years, as part of the jazz ensemble Harp's Bazaar. Babar also appeared on Minton's engaging Please Do Not Ignore The Mermaid (Lateralize Records, 2020). This camaraderie is apparent on their first duo release, the aptly titled, Two For ...

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Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid

Label: Lateralize
Released: 2020
Track listing: We Sing for Each Other; The Origin of the Harp; Eugénie; Skin; Undine Undying; Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid; Starfish.

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Tara Minton: Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid

Read "Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
November 25, 2020

Born in Melbourne, Australia, but resident in London since 2011, Tara Minton is a harpist, vocalist and song writer who straddles the boundary between jazz and contemporary composition. She has an interestingly eclectic musical history; she previously played with Melbourne Opera for some years and also toured with Björk. Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid is ...