Live reviews

A favourite venue and a favourite ensemble

Melbourne and London: third year of collaboration

Cheating - catching ten singers and nearly 50 instrumentalists in one show

Jazz and Hip-hop. Small band: big sound 

Hamish Stuart brings a lifetime of songwriting, guitar and vocals to the 606 Club

Effortlessly brilliant jazz standards and originals

Innovation and tradition crossing borders

Modern chamber opera at World Heart Beat Music

Whatever ‘it’ is, they’ve got it

Music of the 1920s and 30s brought to life in 2025

The power of remembering: ‘Ibuka’ album launch

Delightful new material with some favourite tunes from Jo Harrop

The new, the unusual and the familiar performed brilliantly

Emma Smith wows the audience at London's Ronnie Scott's jazz club

Benslow Music came alive with extraordinary jazz

Find out some of my favourite places to listen to jazz in the UK and around the world (more to come!)

Flute, viola and piano performing in a stunning setting

An enchanting evening of classical music with Vienna’s Barockorchester

The Tenth anniversary of Hitchin Chamber Orchestra, including the world premiere of Iain Farrington's 'Talk of the Town'

A review of La Sorsa and Ollendorff’s jazz duo; their gig at London’s Vortex Jazz Club, in advance of the EP release ‘After Hours’