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Wild Swimming – new EP out now on Bandcamp
I’m excited to share with you a digital Bandcamp-only release, Wild Swimming! It’s a four-track EP recorded over the summer with MY IRIS. As always, huge thanks to Ross, Chris & Joel for their wonderful musicianship. You can’t get it on any streaming sites, it’s only available on my very own Bandcamp page! 🙂 Earlier in the month I released…
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‘Journey to Where’ out March 2024 on Stoney Lane
I am thrilled to announce that my duo album with Ross Stanley is finally coming out on Stoney Lane Records on March 8th 2024. ‘Journey to Where’ will be launched the same day at Wigmore Hall (lunchtime concert), and our duo sounds will be augmented by an incredible quartet of vocalists – Clare Wheeler, Liz…
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Streams + a Brook
This past week I’ve been playing and recording with MY IRIS, but before I get to that… Back in November 2022, I premiered my commission ‘Carousel Trees’ with the London Sinfonietta, Lauren Kinsella, Will Sach & Saleem Rahman at the Purcell Room, and now the Sinfonietta have released the video on YouTube: The full instrument line-up…
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ChatDDT
Happy to share a fun joint interview for London Jazz News with Dave Douglas, ahead of our gig at the 606 Club on Saturday May 27th! Read the interview here. Tix for the gig here.
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Dave Douglas + MY IRIS, May 27th at 606 Club
I am very excited to announce that Dave Douglas will be my very special guest with MY IRIS at the 606 Club on Saturday May 27th…! We’ll be playing a mixture of music by Dave and I… Needless to say, this is going to be a very special one, please come and join us…!! Still can’t quite believe it’s actually going to…
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Taster for Wigmore Hall on March 1st
This blog post is just to give you readers an idea of what I’m going to be playing at Wigmore Hall on Wednesday March 1st. I’ll be joined on stage by MY IRIS, cellist Louise McMonagle, vocalist/harper Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, and violinist Mandhira De Saram. First up, this is a short clip of Ross Stanley’s ‘Ashford…
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New MY IRIS member…
New year, new MY IRIS member… we are thrilled to have Joel Barford joining us on drums. Chris and Ross have been raving about his playing to me for years, and now he is becoming a part of our sound world! Here’s a shiny new photo to celebrate. And here is Joel’s website: https://www.joelbarford.com/ We…
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New video – The Month of January
To celebrate the new year, here’s a new video for you all… Ross Stanley & I playing the beautiful folk tune ‘The Month of January’, taken from our livestream at Wigmore Hall back in April 2021. It’ll be on our duo album when that eventually becomes available to the world…
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Albums of the Year 2022
‘A View with a Room’ makes appearances in several music and jazz ‘albums of the year’ lists for 2022 – thank you to everyone who has been listening and enjoying the music! Here are a few:Jazzwise (UK) – no. 9 in ‘The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2022’ The Nation (US) – mentioned in ‘The…
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Wigmore Hall – March 1st 2023
I am excited to announce my next concert at Wigmore Hall, on Wednesday March 1st 2023! Joining me are these fantastic musicians… Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian (voice, harp), Mandhira de Saram (violin), Louise McMonagle (cello), Ross Stanley (piano), Chris Montague (guitar) and Joel Barford (drums). The programme will be an exploration of all kinds of music, from Jimi Hendrix to Joe Harriott, Henry Purcell, The Beatles, John Dowland, Herbert Howells, as…