MUSIC WIDER THAN A MILE Jazz from Monterey to Moon River

Reflecting its long-held commitment to diversity, the 2022 Monterey jazz festival festival features a wide range of female jazz artists including Artemis, Brandee Younger, Samara Joy, Melody Gardot, Kim Nalley, and Fleurine, as well as the MJF Women in Jazz Combo, led by bassist/vocalist/composer Katie Thiroux, and the Berklee Jazz and Gender Justice Group.

cello and piano of THE SVETA AND SLAVA DUO and news of forthcoming events in live classical and jazz music

Such is the human condition which the Rochdale Music Society can only try to give suitable musical expression to: and such is great art and great performances, which the Rochdale Music Society is committed to provide for the people of the Borough.

ITS ALRIGHT, ITS ONLY MUSIC ! from John Stewart to Amy Goddard

Sure, we’re not all Fireball-swiggin’, truck-drivin’ lovers of cut-off jeans, but the roots of country music were hardly built around the tropes that so often condemn it. Country music is actually rooted in Anglican song traditions, and over the years, the genre has been influenced by pop, rock, hip hop and more. While every album on this list won’t appeal to the same person, each record points to a subset of standout releases in a genre that’s as nuanced and as any other.´

IAN TYSON still walks and talks with COWBOY PRIDE

The album titles give an idea of the direction of the songs within them: Cowboyography, Eighteen Inches of Rain, Old Corrals and Sagebrush.

HALLE (broken) LUJAH can make us feel whole again

Hallelujah is about the struggle between having human desire and searching for spiritual wisdom. It’s being caught between those two places.

MICKEY NEWBURY: songs from the soul

The songwriter´s obligation then is the intellectual one of determining whether the song he has written will help someone or hurt someone.
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ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN

Exbury Gardens, a beautiful setting in the New Forest in the UK, re-opened to the general public a few weeks ago and its management team is delighted to report that record numbers of visitors came along to enjoy the spring sunshine over the Mother's Day weekend. Crowds turned up to share the spectacular colours of early spring against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.

TINA MAY: flawless intonation and fresh, often bold delivery.

Whether fronting a small group or combining with other singers or indeed, appearing with a big band, Tina May brought musicality and creative zest to everything she did. To see her on a bandstand was to know that something rather wonderful was about to happen. And so it did. Irresistible, often profound but never over-wrought: her positivity shone through every time she sang.

CARMEN BOZA bowls us over

Her warmth and empathy with her audience was superb, and even with buttons, dials, knobs and sliders all around her she was able to set her backing tracks perfectly to a shu shus shush shaker track.
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LARRY YASKIEL is the keeper of all the stories

You see, meeting up with Larry and Liz is about so much more than Puerto Callero and coffee and cake: it is about cochineal and culture and Chichester and continuity. He might be The Keeper Of All The Stories but he is a benevolent bookmark forall who are willing to read and carry forward and re-locate the stories he keeps.