Blues and Soul Music Magazine

DR FEELGOOD: 100 CLUB, LONDON: 17/01/20

The band is driven by the rhythm section of Kevin Morris and solid as a rock bassist Phil Mitchell. The guitar mantle of Wilko has fallen to Steve Walwyn for the last thirty years.

Raphael Saadiq: Indigo, London 26/10/19

Raphael Saadiq has been a mainstay in the r'n'b, neo-soul and gospel worlds for the best part of 30 years but it's been a decade since his last visit so his worthy inclusion on the BluesFest lineup felt well overdue...

Jo Harrop : Hampstead Jazz Club 6/1/2020

Harrop's appeal is her seductive mannerisms and phrasing mixed with plenty of hip cachet.As interpreter of lyrics, she draws you into the narrative with effortless style and ease.

The Soul Immigrants Ft.Freddie Notes & Ciyo Brown: PizzaExpress Live, Holborn, London 30/11/

With a sold-out show and a rock-solid new album ("Back From The Brink") out, things are moving sweetly for these melodic funkateers who took Holborn by storm with a fiery set full of sweet soul nuggets...

P.P. Arnold: Islington Town Hall, London 11/10/19

P.P. Arnold sounds incredibly youthful on the album, and this is no different onstage. Naturally charismatic, she is very chatty throughout her set, describing past romances and collaborators...

Corinne Bailey Rae: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London 18/11/19

The superb acoustics of London's Queen Elizabeth Hall let Corinne Bailey Rae's sounds soar over an appreciative audience as she delivered wave after wave of sonic perfection...

Lisa Stansfield: G Live, Guildford, Surrey 22/10/19

UK R&B/Soul royal Lisa Stansfield picked the perfect venue on her latest Europe wide tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the artist's seminal 1989 classic album, "Affection". And boy, were her audience pleased...

McAlmont & Webb: The last Bohemians (Album Launch) Hampstead Jazz Club, London 19/11/19

The covers score highly too. R.E.M. recontextualised into a waltz gives a song already deep with pathos, even more, peppered with beautiful soprano sax courtesy of Tony Kofi...

360 Band: Ronnie Scott’s, London 28/10/19

EX-AVERAGE WHITE BAND DUO PAY TRIBUTE TO COMRADE MOLLY DUNCAN WITH TRIUMPHANT PERFORMANCE AT LONDON’S RONNIE SCOTT’S CLUB

EFG London Jazz Festival's Jazz Voice: Royal Festival Hall, London 15/11/19

18 year old Matthew Whitaker is a terrific tour de force.He looked like a young 60's era Stevie Wonder (incidentally Wonder's music was heavily featured through out the night) and his piano playing was quite simply electrifying