…always be playing “below your chops”—as in totally in control; you’ve practiced to the point where you can execute whatever idea you’re playing comfortably and relaxed.’ Robin Lumley of Brand…
…one with the despair the song depicts… compelling, screwed up and brilliant.” Alex Chow is a precociously talented young guitarist and composer from Manchester who blends subtle, intricate fingerpicking with experimental…
…for his “free-wheeling nature” by the Monterey Jazz festival artistic director Tim Jackson. Through his acclaimed tribute to Billie Holiday and touring stints with McCoy Tyner, his jazz credentials have…
…collaborative fundraiser at Band on the Wall, this Saturday. With a host of Room2 affiliated artists taking to the stage, including Berry Blacc, Flex The Foreigner, The Frisko & Deepo…
…TC: ‘Abbott & Costello was recorded last year for my album and it’s named after the heptapod aliens in Denis Villeneuve’s movie Arrival (who were named after the comedians), and…
…story of a boy searching for his father guided by a band flyer. Blanchard composed the music for actors and a jazz ensemble adapted from Christopher Paul Curtis’s award-winning book….
…these acoustic components, or were you willing for them to vanish completely if it felt right on a given song? Could you see that being the case with future work?…
…your children shown an interest in music themselves? KA: ‘My Son said recently: “Mummy you’re just a singer.. I’m a rockstar.” Enough said. I’m currently just coming back into music…
…folk traditions. The result of an English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) commission, both artists have been researching and exploring how folk songs travelled from England to North America…
JACO Film Screening 09 January / 20:00 / More Info / Buy Tickets A compelling story of prodigious talent, self taught adventures and raw human vulnerability. JACO presents the world…
…highly reputable online magazine Soul Tracks. When, in 2008, they released a special remix EP with a new future funk/boogie style single, Love Issue, Blues & Soul Magazine declared “Rebirth come…
When it comes to modernism, there are no hard-and-fast rules. While Britain’s sharpest subculture has a look, sound and attitude all of its own, it has always assimilated new and…
…and grooving, with Martin’s signature doubled saxophone sound taking centre stage during the breakdown. https://open.spotify.com/track/0f3BvTjePptxReXkfK5HDb Lalah Hathaway – 1 Mile One of two tracks from Lalah Hathaway’s Self Portrait produced…
Back in 1982, Wynton Marsalis was the virtuosic jazz trumpeter taking the scene by storm, to the acclaim of luminary figures Art Blakey and Ron Carter. Now, with three decades…
…live performances in the evening from the Ticketwall New Music Competition Finalists. Sign up by CLICKING HERE NOW. Conference and concert passes are completely free! Wall of Sounds Conference 2012 New Ways To…
…to welcome back RADAR, a unique event which showcases the best unsigned and just-signed talent in the UK music industry. We’re delighted to be able to offer a limited number of FREE tickets…