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Alexia Gardner, Chris Coull, Courtney Pine, And More

by Colin Muirhead
May 23, 2026

Vocalist Alexia Gardner talks about her music, ahead of her quintet's gig at the inaugural Hexham Jazz Weekender. With tracks by Alexia Gardner, Chris Coull, Abbie Finn, Modern Vikings, Courtney Pine, and more. Playlist Chris Coull Quartet with Imogen Ryall “ It Ain't Necessarily So" from Songs from Porgy and Bess (Rubicon Jazz) 0:00 ...

British Vocalist Maggie Nicols Presents Long-awaited Standards Album

May 15, 2026

Vocalist Maggie Nicols, one of the leading figures in international free improvisation, presents a long-awaited album of jazz standards, realizing a project that has been part of her musical life since the early 1960s. The recording brings her together with pianist Geoff Eales, alongside Ashley John Long (double bass) and Sophie Alloway (drums), in a collaboration ...

Brick Lane Jazz Festival 2026

by Andy Crowther
May 3, 2026

Various Venues Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 24-26, 2026 2026 was the 5th edition of The Brick Lane Jazz Festival, and once again featured a variety of jazz-leaning acts from across the musical spectrum. There was a strong focus on young, mainly UK-based and often unsung artists, plus a smattering ...

Sound-ing Paint

by John Eyles
May 2, 2026

Sound-ing Paint St. Paul's United Reform Church, Newton Road London, United Kingdom April  11,  2026 Readers who are familiar with the Dutch-born, London-resident artist Gwendolyn Kassenaar will not be surprised by her latest venture which combines art and improvised music. Many will have made first contact with her when she painted ...

JustKing Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Zoë Gilby, And More

by Colin Muirhead
April 27, 2026

Saxophonist JustKing Jones talks about his music, ahead of his gig at Ronnie Scott's in London. With tracks by JustKing Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, David Bowden, Lars Danielsson, Zoë Gilby, and more. Playlist Dee Dee Bridgewater “The Jody Grind" from Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Verve Records) 0:00 Jeff Hewer “Lean ...

Ogun Recordings: Small Is Beautiful

by Duncan Heining
April 5, 2026

In 2023, Ogun Recordings celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, making it the longest living independent British jazz label. It was a huge achievement for an undertaking that was begun somewhat reluctantly by its co-creators ex-pat South African bassist Harry Miller, his partner Hazel and recording engineer Keith Beal and was run out of the Miller's home in ...

Noa Levy, Paul Edis & A Portrait in Evans

by Colin Muirhead
April 4, 2026

Vocalist Noa Levy and pianist Paul Edis talk about their new album Portrait in Evans and their upcoming tour. Featuring tracks from the album, plus music by Zoë Gilby, Joe Webb, Sam Robinson, and more. Playlist Noa Levy & Paul Edis “Interview, part 1" from () 00:00 Noa Levy & Paul Edis Trio “Peri's ...

Nishla Smith Explores Tales Of Yearning And Separation On New Album - It’s Getting Late, You’d Better Go Home

March 31, 2026

“When you move away from home, you awaken to the vastness and wildness of the world – its beauty and danger and its magic… I know now that I might never really understand home – after all, I come from a long line of travelling, migrating people who have given themselves new names, and conjured up ...

Brilliant Corners 2026

by Ian Patterson
March 23, 2026

Brilliant Corners 2026Black Box/Various VenuesBelfast, N. IrelandFebruary 27-March 7, 2026 Few events signpost the time of year quite like a city's flagship contemporary music festival. For one week every March, as winter gradually recedes, Belfast's aptly named Brilliant Corners illuminates jazz--and jazz-adjacent music--in many of its myriad forms. Inevitably, some of the more outré ...

Rowan Flack

Born: June 18, 1998

Rowan Flack is a jazz and folk-inspired vocalist and composer whose musical roots trace back to the BRIT School and Trinity Laban to Norway’s Edvard Grieg Academy, where she studied Norwegian folk and jazz on the west coast of Norway.

Her debut EP New Light Dwelling (2019) featured original vocalese set to Keith Jarrett’s ‘Belonging’ and was shaped by mountainous terrain, leaving London and the quiet unravelling of a long-term relationship. This project led to sold-out headline shows in Bergen and marked the beginning of her professional career, including a three-month jazz residency in Xiamen, China.