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Selwyn Birchwood engages in some deliciously vulgar antics. Surely one of the most high energy and entertaining blues musicians out there. A great guitarist, too. Full review coming soon. Ealing [...]

I’ll be snapping and taking notes at various festivals and gigs over the next couple of weeks. Do say hello if you see me wandering around. If I look particularly aimless point me in the [...]

Anglo-Greek reedman, Vasilis Xenopoulos, doubles on flute while playing with Keith Fairbairn’s Groove Collective, Tap Social, Oxford. 19th June 2024 Photo by Steve Foster

Hertfordshire based musician, Matt Ward, invites guests to the final Jazz at the Barn gig of the season, with another Summer Spectacular in the main auditorium. This concert will be a full live [...]

An archive shot of bassist, Geoff Gascoyne, playing here with Trudy Kerr. Ealing Jazz Festival, July 2018. Photo by John Morrow

Nicole McCabe is a saxophonist and composer from the San Francisco Bay Area but is now resident in Southern California where she is a Lecturer and Jazz Ensemble Director at Loyola Marymount [...]

Very sad to learn of the passing of John Mayall, OBE (and slightly eerie that I published a photo of him just a few days previously).  John was a pioneer in the development of the British blues [...]

This episode of Harmonious World  features singer, songwriter and all-round musician Jeff Slate (@jeffslate ). Take a listen to our chat and then catch up on his latest album, ‘The Last Day [...]

The Ealing Blues and Jazz Festivals (note, that’s two separate events). Are nearly upon us. The Blues Festival is 27/28 July and Jazz is 3/4 August. The lineups are always great and the [...]

Here’s an interesting factoid for all you jazz historians and musicologists out there. The first recording of a jazz band is generally accepted as Livery Stable Blues by The Original Dixieland [...]