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Bray Jazz Festival 2015
by Ian Patterson
Bray Jazz Festival 2015 Various Venues Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2015 Sunshine and squall. The sun and the clouds chased each other's tails throughout the May Bank Holiday weekend of the Bray Jazz Festival. In a way the weather mirrored the music--a pleasingly eclectic, bracing mixture--and the fortunes of the ...
12 Points 2015
by Ian Patterson
12 Points 2015 Project Arts CentreDublin, IrelandApril 15-18, 2015 In an international calendar absolutely bulging with jazz festivals, 12 Points--conceived in Dublin by Improvised Music Company in 2007--stands out as one of the more original. It's not just the diversity and quality of the music that sets Twelve Points apart, after ...
Ambrose Akinmusire Headlines Bray Jazz 2015
Bray Jazz returns for its 16th edition this coming Bank Holiday weekend from 1-3 May. The highly popular festival, set in the picturesque seaside town of Bray nestled at the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, has built a reputation over the years for hosting world class international and local acts. Bray Jazz 2015 is no exception. ...
Take Five UK 2015
by Ian Patterson
Take Five UK Edition X Bore Place Kent, England February 9 -14, 2015 Nestled in the heart of the Kent countryside is Bore Place, an organic farm that dates to the seventeenth century. Here, the mobile phone signal is unreliable and internet connection is dickey at best. The only sound ...
Laura Jurd: Human Spirit
by Ian Patterson
With her debut as leader, Landing Ground (Chaos Collective, 2012), Laura Jurd laid down her marker as a precociously talented composer and musician. Folk, classical and jazz threads united the Ligeti String Quartet with improvising musicians to create a powerful octet that was greater than the sum of its parts. On Human Spirit (Chaos Collective, 2015) ...
Alive With Closed Eyes
Album: Butterfly (EP)
By Lauren Kinsella
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 3:12
Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under The Moon
by Ian Patterson
London-based quartet Blue-Eyed Hawk's debut recording has benefited from three years of gigging and the slow stewing of ideas. Collectively, singer Lauren Kinsella, trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and drummer Corrie Dick sounds like the finished article, which whets the appetite for future chapters. With writing duties spread evenly, the quartet soars over wide stylistic ...
Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under The Moon
by Bruce Lindsay
Blue-Eyed Hawk is an exciting new band from the UK, debuting its original songs on Under The Moon. The album title is taken from the poem by W B Yeats: the band's name also comes from that poem. Such choices suggest a literate quartet, a suggestion supported by the intelligent, thoughtful, lyrics and music to be ...
Monday Night Irish Jazz/Impro Series At Whelans, Dublin
The healthy state of Irish jazz/improvised/contemporary music is celebrated in a series of upcoming Monday night concerts at Whelans in Dublin. Improvised Music Company begins its series of monthly Monday nights in Whelan’s with three vocally adventurous acts on 23rd June. Fresh from a breathtaking performance at Down With Jazz festival, Blue Eyed Hawk present melodic, ...
Down With Jazz 2014
by Ian Patterson
Down With Jazz Meeting House Square Dublin, Ireland May 31-June 1, 2014 There's nothing quite like a Bank Holiday weekend, sunshine and music. Having moved from 2013's September slot with its unpredictable autumn weather to the last weekend in May with its unpredictable spring weather, Down With Jazz 2014 passed off ...
