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Lauren Kinsella

Lauren Kinsella is an Irish vocalist based in London. Lauren performs in many different cities and has spent time studying in Dublin, Sweden and Switzerland before moving to London. She holds a BA in Jazz Performance from Newpark Music Centre, Dublin and is currently pursuing the Jazz Masters programme at the Royal Academy of Music, London. She is involved in various projects such as Thought-Fox, winners of the Young Musicwide Award 2010-2013 of which she leads, Lupo with Swiss vocalist Sarah Buechi, Blue-Eyed Hawk with trumpeter Laura Jurd and the Lauren Kinsella / Alex Huber duo. Lauren also collaborates in duos with musicians including Mark Sanders, Gwilly Edmondes, Ian McLachlan, Francesco Turrisi and Dan Nicholls among others.

Dorothy & George Jacob: Putting Bray On The Jazz Map

by Ian Patterson
April 16, 2019

Twenty years is old for a car and really old for a dog, but in jazz festival terms twenty years is perhaps not so long in the tooth. For a jazz festival twenty years means established, with the major storms of the early years weathered, a brand that people recognize and a heap of good will ...

Nick Malcolm: Real Isn't Real

by Phil Barnes
February 18, 2019

There's always a temptation to describe things we like as “the real jazz/soul/music..." out of a passion for a new musical discovery, but what does it actually mean? At the level of pure pedantry no piece of music can be more “real" than any other, yet what this unfortunate formulation is meant to signify is that ...

Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet at Duncairn Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
April 4, 2018

Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet Duncairn Arts Centre Belfast, N. Ireland March 22, 2018 Coming so soon after Belfast's annual jazz festival, Brilliant Corners, the appearance of Sirkis/Bialas IQ at Duncairn Arts Centre was a real treat for jazz fans. Better still, the concert was free, sponsored as it was by ...

Lauren Kinhan: A Sleepin' Bee

by Dan Bilawsky
October 3, 2017

Leaning on touchstones as a creative resource can be tricky business. If an artist puts too much stock in the original, they end up with a second-rate likeness of the archetype. But if they move too far away from the model, the tether breaks and the connection is completely lost in the wind. It takes a ...

Bray Jazz Festival 2017

by Ian Patterson
May 9, 2017

Bray Jazz Festival Various venues Bray, Ireland May 28-30, 2017 There are just so many cultural events going on in Ireland over the May Bank Holiday weekend that it can be a bit of a head-spin deciding what to opt for. Roots music gatherings, literature festivals, classical recitals, a chamber ...

Laura Jurd: Big Footprints

by Ian Patterson
February 16, 2017

Every few years a band appears that injects a welcome shot of adrenaline into the jazz mainstream, exciting media, promoters and fans alike--the Neil Cowley Trio, Phronesis, GoGo Penguin and Snarky Puppy all spring to mind. Dinosaur, an English quartet led by trumpeter Laura Jurd, is being widely tipped to create such waves on the strength ...

Improvised Music Company: Orbital Pathways, Gravitational Pull

by Ian Patterson
November 22, 2016

Arguably some of the most dramatic changes in jazz have taken place in the last quarter of its century-long history: the emergence of a strong European jazz identity/identities; technological advances that empower individuals to become their own producers; Youtube, which has all but erased the boundary between past and present; the increase in pedagogical institutions; pan-national ...

Galway Jazz Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
October 31, 2016

Galway Jazz Festival Various Venues Galway, Ireland October 7-9, 2016 The best jazz festivals are not necessarily the biggest. They're not always the ones with the marquee names. The best festivals, without a doubt, are the ones you remember, years later, for having had a hell of a good time. ...

Euopean Jazz Conference 2016: Polish Jazz Showcases

by Ian Patterson
October 17, 2016

European Jazz Conference: Polish Jazz Showcases National Forum Of Music Wroclaw, Poland September 22-24, 2016 One of the great things about returning to Poland each time is the exposure to new jazz talent, because beyond the internationally renowned marquee names--the historic Polish greats--are a great number of outstanding artists. How ...