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Booker Stardrum, Close-up On The Outside, We Jazz ***

Still seems a bit work in progress but intellectually stimulating electro-acoustic nevertheless from a production point of view.
28 February 2026 marlbank

It’s pushing at an open door to discover Irish jazz.

There’s plenty of talent out there but precious little coverage to reflect and represent this flowering.
27 February 2026 marlbank
Donovan Haffner

Mavis Staples, Donovan Haffner and Linda May Han Oh are Jazz FM award nominated for ’26

Up for awards at this April's Jazz FM awards ceremony.
26 February 2026 marlbank
Red Kite - Popludium

Red Kite, Popludium, Babel ****

The Babel label renaissance that began with Riversphere last year continues at pace with this dreamy multinational Eurojazz group release...
26 February 2026 marlbank

 Eric Bibb, One Mississippi, Repute Records **** recommended

So many great songs ring out from blues legend Eric Bibb on One Mississippi - and the bluesman is touring...
26 February 2026 marlbank
Noel McCalla and Derek Nash performing live in concert – photo by Tatiana Gorilovsky

Noel McCalla & Derek Nash tour

Lots of dates sprinkled throughout the year.
25 February 2026 marlbank
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Stephen began writing reviews for Turkish Daily News while living in Ankara in the early 1990s. Moving to Poland, Stephen, who is from Northern Ireland, worked as assistant editor on the English editon of Jazz Forum. Later living in London he began a job as assistant editor at the Islington and later Mayfair based Jazz on CD where he worked from 1993-5. In Streatham he became founder editor of Jazzwise in 1997 and worked there on staff for 15 years.

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