Tag Archives: Jazz

Accordionist Mike Guy and Coloriage release new album – Open Skies

Coloriage - Mike Guy and band

Accordionist Mike Guy and Coloriage release new album – Open Skies – Great playing and full of joy. Australian-born Mike Guy has formed an exciting new quartet with which to grace the London jazz scene, Mike has written all the pieces on this wonderfully uplifting album entitled Open Skies and takes inspiration from gypsy jazz, musette waltz and Latin-American music.

Fifi La Mer launches crowdfunder campaign

Fifi La Mer Poster

Fifi La Mer launches crowdfunding campaign – Over the last 10 years Fifi and her band have performed over 1200 times and enjoying every minute of it. Performing French music and jazz in venues of all shapes and sizes to people of all walks of life has been their absolute joy. Now they have decided that this is the time to play their own material, their own tunes.

Karen Tweed and Karen Street – Music Immersion Courses – Orkney – March 13th-19th 2022

Karen Street & Karen Tweed Poster - Jazz and Folk Immersion course poster

Karen Tweed and Karen Street – Music Immersion Courses – Orkney – March 13th-19th 2022. The next one is with top accordionist Karen Street (13th – 19th March) – aimed at accordionists and they will be exploring folk and jazz techniques/styles to build up your confidence as players.

Joanna Strand at The Crazy Coqs (Live at Zedel) 2nd July 2017 – with Romano Viazzani, John Bailey, Jason Reeve and Nick Pini

Joanna Strand and Ensemble, Romano Viazzani on accordion, John Bailey on Piano, Yaron Stavi on Double Bass, Jason Reeve on drums.

Joanna Strand returns to Live at Zedel (Crazy Coqs) 19.00 on July 2nd 2017                   Originally billed as Joanna Strand and Jacqui Tate but due to her current commitments in Les Miserábles Jacqui Tate will be unable to perform this time round. However Joanna Strand in cabaret […]

Accordionist Karen Street’s Ensemble Streetworks launch new album – Unfurled

Unfurled-CD-Karen Street

Karen Street is a musician who always commands the greatest of respect. She is an immensely able and talented accordionist, always tasteful and imaginative and whose music is always relevant to life. She is one of the few accordionists who predominately use free bass in jazz.