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Fini Bearman
Fini Bearman is a London based singer, multi-instrumentalist & composer, who has a ‘rare sense of melody running through her eclectic compositions, full of catchy twists and turns’. Her music melds diverse influences from jazz, folk and contemporary music into an 'arresting and uniquely personal' sound. Sometimes dealing with settings of poetry and other times original lyrics, ‘her voice, effortlessly moves between a light precision and warm soulfulness is unmistakably her own’. Fini released her latest album 'Burn the Boat' in October 2016 and it has already received much glowing reviews from peers and critics including ****'s from Jazzwise, allaboutjazz, the Guardian and the arts desk. '.
La Loba
By Fini Bearman
Label: Bad Mother Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: And We Climb; My Ideal; Beholden; Empty; Endless Clouds; Song 40; La Loba (Intro); La Loba; I Deserve; Talk;
Holding On.
Fini Bearman: La Loba
by Bruce Lindsay
London-based singer, musician and songwriter Fini Bearman has a history of fine recordings, notably 2014's Porgy And Bess (F-ire Records) and 2016's Burn The Boat (Two Rivers Records), which featured her exquisite I'd Rather Have The Rain." La Loba is her fourth studio album and her first duo recording, featuring the cellist Zosia Jagodzinska. Just two ...
Burn The Boat
By Fini Bearman
Label: Two Rivers Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sand On Sand; Burn The Boat; Gone; I’d Rather Have The Rain; I Know, I Alone;
Maybe Next Year; The Idea; Say The Words; Such A Fool.
Fini Bearman: Burn The Boat
by Bruce Lindsay
Vocalist Fini Bearman made an impressive debut as a leader with Step Up (Feenz Beenz Records, 2011), a set of her original songs. In 2014 she effectively re-imagined classics on her second album, Porgy And Bess. Burn The Boat returns to the structure of her debut release, presenting another nine of Bearman's original compositions, with the ...
Ma: Live
by Bruce Lindsay
Ma is part of London's endlessly intriguing Loop Collective, a grouping of younger-generation musicians and bands that includes pianist Ivo Neame, vibes player and drummer Jim Hart, trumpeter Rory Simmons and many others. Saxophonist Tom Challenger leads Ma: he's joined in the core trio by Matt Calvert on synths and laptop and by Dave ...
Porgy And Bess
By Fini Bearman
Label: F-IRE Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Gone, Gone, Gone; My Man's Gone Now; I Got Plenty Of Nuthin'; Porgy, I'm Your Woman Now; It Ain't Necessarily So; I Loves You Porgy; There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon; Prayer (Summertime).
Bruce Lindsay's Favorite Albums Of 2014
by Bruce Lindsay
Christmas Comes But Once A Year, And When It Does It Brings... Lists. Lots of lists. Here's another. A quick glance at this particular list makes it clear that this has been, for me, a singers' year. Let me make it clear from the off--this isn't my list of the best vocal albums I've ...
Fini Bearman: Porgy And Bess
by Bruce Lindsay
For her second album, singer and songwriter Fini Bearman moves away from the original songs of her debut, Step Up (Feenz Beenz Records, 2011). She chooses instead to delve into one of the best-known operas of the twentieth century--George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess. It's a work that has inspired some major jazz performers, including vocal greats ...
Alice Zawadzki: China Lane
by Bruce Lindsay
Singer, songwriter and violinist Alice Zawadzki spent five years creating her first album, China Lane. A group of the UK's most respected young musicians joins her to bring her compositions to life--the result is a strong debut, the arrival of a musician with a distinctive voice and songwriting style. As a writer, Zawadzki doesn't ...