After more than 30 years in the music business, it is a surprise to know that this is Gilles Peterson’s first festival in the UK. And what a festival he has lined up!! I don’t know why it’s taken him so long. Gilles has curated a wonderfully eclectic lineup from world music, joining the dots…
Rain rain go away was the call on Saturday but it kept on coming. By the late afternoon / evening it was torrential. The rain eventually stopped when Gilles came on at around 9pm. Before this despite the rain the best was made out of the poor conditions. Poor Organisation The event organisers I think were…
What a brilliant night of jazz at the Barbican in London. Two amazing artists showed the future of Jazz music curated by BBC 6 music DJ Gilles Peterson. It was the hottest ticket in town!! First up on stage was GoGo Penguin a British band who recently got signed to Blue Note records. The members…
Its that time of the year when the excellent Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide awards comes around again. It doesn’t feel like a year has gone past when I was last at Koko. The awards took place in London on the 17th January 2015. This is the 10th year of the awards and my 5th one. Gilles Peterson is a…
On the 12th February I headed down to XOYO to hear the British jazzy soul singer, Zara McFarlane. She played some of her latest tracks from her excellent 2nd album, which was recently launched on the Brownswood record label. She played quite a few tracks from both albums to a packed audience and spoke about…
