Fancy a weekend in Paris? Or happen to be there already? Well, Friday 15th April looks a good night to be out on the town there, as it's the night of La Nuit De La Soul. This is the 4th annual event, with guest DJ Nick (from Record Kicks) joining […]
Tag: Jazz
Mostly Jazz Festival 2011
Something possibly of interest to a number of you – the Mostly Jazz Festival 2011, which is running in Birmingham’s Moseley Park on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd July 2011. The initial batch of acts has been announced, with Booker T heading things up, closing the festival on the Sunday. […]
Out Of The Blue – new venue
We did a feature on the night some time back, but now Out Of The Blue in Manchester has had a change of venue, so worth a mention once more. After a short break Out Of The Blue returns at the Castle Hotel in Manchester's Northern Quarter on 2nd April, […]
The Good Foot night in London
Not many good quality weekly nights around, but The Good Foot looks like it offers some top notch sounds pretty much every week. Taking place every Friday at Madame Jo Jo's, 8-10 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F 0SE, the night is hosted by Snowboy and offers a mix of 60's […]
Georgie Fame – Mod Classics 1964 – 1966 (BGP)
Now around fifty years old, ‘Mod’ is suffering from something of an identity crisis. It means so many things to so many people the term is largely meaningless. To some it’s jazz hipsters prowling the Soho streets at dawn looking for a caffeine fix. For others, it’s the amount of […]
Uniqlo x Blue Note Records t-shirts
Ignore the wacky models and check out these newly-launched Uniqlo x Blue Note Records t-shirts, which are both varied and cheap. Uniqlo has teamed up with Blue Note for a range of shirts based on classic album sleeves or the fonts used on the sleeves.Dexter Gordon's Go and Joe Henderson's […]
Dreamsville Mod Rally – Lowestoft
After the success of last year's event, the Dreamsville Mod Rally is back in Lowestoft. It takes place over the weekend of the 15th and 16th July and full details of the two days' goings on are now in the events section. So check it out there for the lowdown. […]
Bossa Nova book by Gilles Peterson
Possibly of interest to both music and art/design fans is Bossa Nova: Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker. It's out via Soul Jazz later this month. So what's it about? Well, Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker have produced a […]
