Upcoming Gigs

Jonny Taylor will be playing acoustic sets at Room 5 on Monday 6th July and The Knitting Factory on Wednesday 8th July in West Hollywood. Jonny heads out to Los Angeles this week to work on his album due for release next year.

Keep up to date with Jonny Taylor on http://www.myspace.com/jonnytaylor

Jamie guested with rock legends Spinal Tap at Glastonbury last Saturday on the Pyramid Stage, stepping up to play keyboards on their jam number Short And Sweet. Check out the performance Jamie later described as '"the defining moment of my existence" on BBC's iPlayer. Forward to 3 minutes to catch Jamie... http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2009/artists/spinaltap/index.shtml#emp

We are very proud to have Jamie Cullum and Jason Mraz both performing at Glastonbury Festival 2009 this weekend.

For those of you lucky enough to be going you can see them live as follows:

Friday
8pm - Jason Mraz - Acoustic Stage
11:40pm - Jason Mraz - Queens Head Stage

Saturday
2:20pm - Jason Mraz - The Other Stage
5:30pm - Jamie Cullum - Jazz World Stage

Or if you're staying in out of the rain, the BBC will be showing coverage and highlights throughout the weekend.

Tim's award winning Lighthouse Trio marked the start of three nights at Pizza Express with a session on In Tune. Considering after this performance Asaf went to hospital with a hand injury he had picked up the morning before this session- it's quite an achievement it came off!

The Lighthouse Trio’s session on yesterday’s In Tune is now available to ‘Listen Again’, follow this link and forward to 9 minutes in.

Jamie Cullum has become the first artist to write a blog for the website of the new music streaming service Spotify.

The blog highlights Jamie’s thoughts on music consumption and the highs and lows of the streaming facility with which he claims to be having a love affair!

Jamie has personally hand selected songs to put together his very own Spotify playlist for all to hear. To read the blog and hear his selection just click here.

Jamie Cullum and Jason Mraz will both be playing at this years Glastonbury Festival. Jamie will be playing the Jazz World Stage on Saturday 27th June & Jason will be playing 3 sets, starting on Friday the 26th at the Acoustic Stage and the Queens Head Stage, then finally the Other Stage on Saturday the 27th. For more info check out www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Get The Blessing's launch of their latest album, 'Bugs In Amber', is only a couple of days away, and it's gonna be big - so big, in fact, that the enterprising folks over at FloMotion Radio have set up a live audio feed for the night!

Those not able to make it down for the gig can log onto the following link and hear the entire night's entertainment streamed live from Awdio's website:

http://www.awdio.com/#events/1785974

This week's edition of Music Week features our very own Jonny Taylor with his lead track "London Town". To listen to London Town check out the myspace here http://www.myspace.com.jonnytaylor . Jonny will be spending the summer writting his debut album.

There's many things i'd like to receive in the post.......... but a Grammy must surely be one of the most exciting! Congratulations Tim!

Congratulations to all the winners at last night's Parliamentary Jazz Awards- but especially to our own Sam Crockatt who won the Jazz CD category. Sam's one of the newest additions to the roster and we look forward to developing his career with him. A brief mention has to go to Ryan Quigley who's sextet won the Jazz Ensemble category- although not one of Air's bands- Ryan is still a special musician to us.

Win tickets to see Jamie this summer! Via the mailing list only !

Jamie will be appearing in France, Spain, Switzerland, Czech Republic,
Holland, Norway, and Belgium this summer and we have a pair of tickets to each festival to give away.
To be in with a chance of winning a pair, sign up to the mailing list
by 27th May and you will receive the next newsletter on 29th May. In that newsletter will be a link where all you have to do to enter to win tickets is click on the show you would most like to attend and you will be entered for tickets.

Jonny Taylor is back for another show at YoYo at Notting Hill Arts Club this Thursday. He will be main support to RYE RYE before DJ sets from resident DJs Seb Chew and Leo Greenslade take over into the early hours.

Check out Jonny's MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/jonnytaylor

The Flyover Show is back for another year!

Held underneath the Hockley Flyover in Birmingham on Friday 13th June.

We are very pleased to announce that Jamie Cullum will be on one of America’s top TV shows this Tuesday! He will be performing one of his favourite standards live on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars!

The show features top celebrity contestants including singers Belinda Carlisle and Lil Kim, Jack Ass’ Steve-o, film and TV actress Denise Richards and legendary football star Lawrence Taylor. The celebrities and their partner face weekly judging from dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba and renowned Ballroom judge Len Goodman.

Get The Blessing launch their incredible new album Bugs In Amber at Cargo on the 28th May, in conjunction with Flomotion Radio. The Bristol-based quartet stunned music lovers last year with the release of their debut album All Is Yes, which picked up rave reviews across the country and was voted by the public as the Best Album at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards. The band subsequently played at Glastonbury and The Big Chill, and toured the UK for most of the summer, bringing their rocking, jazz-inspired blend of improvisation-led riffs and rhythms to the eager masses.