Hidden Orchestra + Floex – Live @ The Scala

Wednesday 20th November, London

With both of their ‘Orchestras’ programmed into this year’s London Jazz Festival – Submotion Orchestra last week and Hidden Orchestra tonight – Soundcrash (and the Soundcrash extended family) are safely riding 2013 out … Read More

Tigran Hamasyan – Live @ The Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tuesday 19th November, London

Armenian jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan mainly plays original compositions. He’s strongly influenced by his Armenian folk roots, American jazz classics and progressive rock and his improvisations also reflect Middle Eastern and … Read More

Elina Duni – Live @ The Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tuesday 19th November, London

Now living in Switzerland, the talented Elina Duni sings in Albanian and merges  jazz with folk from her native roots. She’s inspired by blues, classical music, and jazz standards and her style is … Read More

SHEILA E. – Icon

Singer-songwriter and actress Sheila Escovedo, known as Sheila E, is a well known drummer and percussionist. Grammy nominated, she was musical director at The White House for President Obama‘s Musica Latina and her collaborations include Ringo Starr … Read More

MEMORY9 – The Dodecahedron

Electronic Space Jazz? Futuristic Jazz? Jazz from Mars? Intergalactic Jazz? I’m not certain what my initial thoughts were, but when I closed my eyes whilst listening to this track, I had scenes of a jazz café on … Read More

Patty Griffin – Live @ Royal Festival Hall

American country artist Patty Griffin is a very talented singer songwriter. Her songs have been recorded by the Dixie Chicks, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. She won a Grammy for her gospel album Downtown Church and recently … Read More

HILDAMAY – Drag

Hildamay, who hail from Kent, first came onto my radar towards the end of 2011 when I caught their set during their tour with Mallory Knox. Afterwards, I downloaded the free spilt EP they released together and … Read More

Medeski Martin & Wood – Live @ Ronnie Scott’s

Saturday November 16th, London

Medeski Martin & Wood have been making matchless music together for 23 years. Since the trio came together in New York, they’ve managed to become one of those rare entities in contemporary jazz … Read More

Julia Biel – Live @ Royal Festival Hall

Sunday 17th November, London

Critically acclaimed singer songwriter Julia Biel, also pianist and guitarist, was winner of the Perrier Vocalist of the Year award. She creates classy soul, folk and jazz, and there’s something very unusual and … Read More

MOGWAI – Remurdered

Mogwai are renowned five-piece band from Glasgow active since 1995. ‘Remurdered’ is an essential post-rock piece from their new album to be released at the beginning of the next year. This track dynamically develops from an ambient … Read More