Upcoming Gigs

Concha Buika’s “Niña de Fuego” has just received two nominations in the 9th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards: Album of the Year and Producer of the Year.
Some people say that Buika sings coplas but this is not true, she gets into coplas and lives them, she squeezes words; she drinks emotions and shouts them in a whisper...See for yourself on her UK tour:
15th Nov - The Sage, Gateshead
16th Nov - Warwick Arts Cenre, Coventry
19th Nov - Komeida, Brighton
20th Nov - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
21st Nov - Komeida, Bath

Tony Kofi has been nominated for a 2008 MOBO Award in the Best Jazz Category. This year's ceremony will be held at Wembley Arena, London on the 15th October 2008. Other nominees in the category include Courtney Pine, Guy Barker, Lizz Wright and Yolanda Brown. Presenting the MOBO's this year will be Ex- Spice Girl Melanie Brown a.k.a Mel B, who will co-host with co-founder of Run DMC - Rev Run.

As Londoners mourn the sad and tragic continuation of teenage killings in the Capital, the Metropolitan Black Police Association is urging the music industry to play its part in reducing the violence on our streets. The Association’s long running anti-violence campaign REVIVAL takes on a new twist this year as their ‘Celebration of Life’ concert convinces the Opera world to stand along side performers from reggae, pop, hip-hop, RnB and soca, all united in one voice that says ‘Stop the killing and start the healing’.

Duke Ellington's The Queen's Suite tour 2009 launches this month with an open rehearsal at the South Bank, coinciding with the launch of the Cultural Olympiad, it is the very first rehearsal of The Queen's Suite where Peter Edwards introduces the music to the newly formed Tomorrow's Warriors Jazz Orchestra.

The incredible guitar virtuoso KAKI KING returns to the UK in October to play two dates:
2nd October - Night & Day , Manchester
3rd October - Institute of Contemporary Art, London

Ruthlessly inventive, achingly beautiful and joyously carefree, Kaki King’s music is the result of a seemingly effortless natural gift for crafting songs and melodies that connect with both the head and the heart. Hear tracks from her latest album Dreaming Of Revenge at these shows....

Dune Music is pleased to announce that Abram Wilson has been commissioned to write the music for and invited to perform in the upcoming production of In The Red And Brown Water at the Young Vic Theatre in London. Award winning trumpeter Abram Wilson will be turning his creative skills to a new project that will see him merging music with acting.

It is with great sadness that we must announce that Keith Shadwick, who after battling a rare form of cancer for the past three years, passed away on Monday 28th July 2008.

Jazz Jamaica brought the South Bank to a standstill (or should that be... to a dancing frenzy) yesterday when they were filmed for the ‘Busking Challenge’ on BBC2’s Culture Show. An intriguied audience gathered round as the band set-up on the tree-lined boulevard by the Thames and began blasting out funky jazz/ska grooves. To see how they rose to the challenge watch the Culture Show (BBC 2) on Thursday 31st July @ 11:20pm. Don't Miss it!

The first UK performance in 25 years by Chick Corea and Return To Forever, Best Vocalist nominee Ian Shaw’s first public performance of the late, great Humphrey Lyttleton’s Sad, Sweet Song and an exclusive performance by Jamie Cullum, Jeff Beck and Kyle Eastwood were just some of the highlights of the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards celebrating the best of British and international jazz, held at the Mermaid Theatre in London last night, Monday 21st July.

Empirical scooped the title of Jazz Ensemble Of The Year last night, as the winners of the 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced at the House of Commons in London.

Organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group, the awards are in their fourth year and have always commended the very best that the UK jazz scene has to offer. Empirical add this award to the already long list of accolades they have gained so far, and get ready for a summer of dates both at home and abroad.