Jazz Articles about Louise Dodds

About Louise Dodds

Album Review

The last time Scottish singer-songwriter Louise Dodds was featured on All About Jazz, she was collaborating with Azerbaijani pianist Elchin Shirinov on their evocative duo album, Two Hours After Midnight (review). That recording wove together folk, classical, and jazz influences, drawing inspiration from the poetry of Robert Burns, who wrote about love, loss, and friendship. Those themes remain central to All I Know, but this time, the compositions are entirely Dodds' own. Dodds has released two previous albums, ...

Album Review

Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov: Two Hours After Midnight

Read "Two Hours After Midnight" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
May 27, 2023

Two Hours After Midnight is the first duo release from Scottish jazz vocalist, Louise Dodds, and Azerbaijani pianist, Elchin Shirinov. The album title is inspired by the last letter Mary Queen of Scots wrote just hours before her execution in 1587. It was written to Henry III, King of France and signed “this Wednesday, two hours after midnight." Dodds has released two previous albums, Fly (Independent, 2013) and her first album of fully original material, The Story Needs ...