This article was written for Independent blogs. Standing at the bus stop the other day, I bumped into an acquaintance who had been working outside London for the last few years. When I asked how he liked living in Bristol, and then Liverpool, he reeled off a list of positives before saying, “but culturally, there… [Read more…]
October 20, 2010 by Catherine Marks
There’s something irrepressibly chilled, hippy even, about Frazey Ford’s presence on stage. Perhaps it comes from growing up with her parents in a Canadian commune, perhaps it’s just her evidently strong bond with her family and friends. Either way, it certainly has a pretty strong bearing on her outlook on life and her song writing.… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009 by Culture Capital
The full line-up for the 2009 LJF (produced by Serious) has now been released and as ever, it’s going to be an extremely busy week in November, with gigs at a dizzying variety of venues across town. The festival has really been pushing itself outside jazz’s traditional boundaries over the last few years, broadening its… [Read more…]
January 23, 2012 by Culture Capital
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